DUDLEY, Mass. – Trailing 2-1 after doubles play, the Nichols men's tennis team rallied to win all six singles matches and down Roger Williams, 7-2, on Saturday afternoon at the Robinson Tennis Courts. The Bison officially evened up their record at 8-8 overall, while remaining perfect in Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) play at 5-0. Roger Williams dropped to 10-2 (4-1 CCC) in the setback.
 
The Bison took a 1-0 lead as the duo of Ludwig Schlatzer and Yannick De Vet toppled their Hawks counterparts, 8-1, on court two. From there, Roger Williams was triumphant at No. 3 and No. 1 to hold a 2-1 advantage heading into singles.
 
Nichols went on to dominate the solo section of the match, with Schlatzer earning a 6-2, 6-3 win at No, 6 to even the score up at 2-2. The hosts would retake their lead at 3-2 when De Vet stormed past his opponent at No. 5 and would never look back on their way to their fifth conference victory of the season. Ciao Dieckmann followed that up with a 7-5, 6-4 win at No.4 before Leon Zeis' 7-5, 6-4 victory at No. 2 clinched the match. Adding onto the total were Frederik Bertrams (No. 3) and Trevor Schwarzmann (No. 1) who came away with 6-2, 2-6, 6-4 and 7-6, 7-5 victories, respectively.  
 
With a four-match win streak against the Hawks, Nichols now holds a 14-11 record in the all-time series. The Bison have now defended home court in eight of the 12 contests held in Dudley.
 
Nichols now hits the road in the first of its three-match road stint in a Tuesday, April 11 matchup at Endicott in a CCC battle at the South Campus Tennis Courts, set to begin at 3:00 p.m.