Recap
The Nichols College men's tennis team defeated Marymount 7-2 in a non-conference match Wednesday afternoon in Ranchos Palos Verdes, California.

The Bison (4-5) got off to a hot start, winning two of three doubles matches. Juniors Guilherme Barbosa and Brandon Howard teamed up to defeat Marymount's No. 1 doubles team 8-6, before the Bison took the No. 2 doubles 8-4. Marymount was able to take down junior Peter Coletti and senior Igor Markowski at the No. 3 doubles to advance to singles play with Nichols up 2-1.

Marymount (2-7) only took one singles match, the No. 1 singles. Chase Brannen defeated Barbosa in three sets. Senior Sebastian Penaloza and junior Jack Donaldson were the only two Bison to win their singles matches in two sets, Penaloza winning 6-1, 6-2, and Donaldson winning 6-3, 7-5. The Bison battled in all their other singles matches, pulling out the 7-2 victory.
 
Three things you need to know…
-Four of the Bison's six singles matches went to a third set, the Bison won three of the four.
-This was the Bison's first win on the California trip.
-This was the first all-time meeting between the two programs.
 
Quote
"Overall today was a good team performance. We came out with solid doubles to set the tone. Blake and Sebastian played their best match of the spring. Singles was solid top to bottom, taking three of the four three set matches is a good sign. Hopefully we can carry some momentum into our final match of the trip tomorrow at Glendale." -Nichols head coach Paul Brower
 
Next Match
Thursday, March 21 @ Glendale, TBA