DUDLEY, Mass. - The Nichols College men's tennis program closed the regular season with a 7-2 win over Gordon College Saturday afternoon in Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) action at the Robinson Tennis Courts.
The win moves the Bison to 14-5 on the season (8-0 CCC) and they will have home court advantage throughout the conference playoffs, beginning with a CCC Semifinal contest on Wednesday, May 4.
Nichols won two of the three doubles matches to take a 2-1 lead into singles play. Freshman
Adrian Toderascu and sophomore
Steven Kuang were 8-1 winners at No. 2, as were freshman
Moritz Kern and sophomore
Caio Dieckmann at No. 3. Later, Toderascu was a 6-1, 6-1 winner at No. 2 singles while Kern won by an identical score at No. 3 singles.
Prior to the match, head coach
Cris Popa honored graduate student
Sam Kluger, along with seniors
Lane Parks andÂ
Enrico Menegon, for their contributions to the program. Kluger then went out and picked up a 6-0, 6-0 win at No. 4 singles before Menegon and Parks won by identical 6-0, 6-1 scores at No. 5 and No. 6 singles, respectively.
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