No. 11 Men's Tennis Cruises to 8-1 Win Over Hamilton

Recap courtesy of Wesleyan University

CLINTON, N.Y. – No. 11 Wesleyan University men's tennis kicked off its NESCAC season with an 8-1 win over Hamilton College on Saturday, taking out the Continentals on their home courts with seven different Cardinals contributing to the win.

In doubles, the newly formed team of senior Tiago Eusebio and sophomore Princeton Carter came out strong, earning Wesleyan's first point with an 8-4 win over Sam Farber and Rob Dotterer. "We played well," said Eusebio. "Very solid, not too many errors. We linked up very well"

Also winning in the doubles were freshman Adrian Roji and senior Win Smith, who took the No. 2 match 8-6 in their first action together as a team. Seniors Steven Chen and Cam Daniels rounded out the doubles sweep, winning 8-5 at No. 3.

In singles, the Continentals gave Wesleyan all they could handle on every court, pushing the Cardinals at all six positions. At No. 2, Eusebio earned the Cardinals their first singles point, winning 6-4, 6-2 over Dotterer. "Singles was good, too," he said. "Good to get a match on this surface to get ready for tomorrow [vs Williams] and get a win, my first of the season for singles and doubles."

Chen was also a singles winner in straight sets, taking the No. 1 match 6-4, 6-4. Daniels showed great grit and experience at No. 3, where he toughed out a couple tiebreakers to win 7-6, 7-6. At No. 5, Roji was pushed to a super-tiebreaker, but strong serving and good mid-match adjustments led him to victory 5-7, 7-5, 10-6. Completing the singles success was sophomore Jon Holtzman at No. 6, who narrowly took the first set before cruising to a 7-6, 6-1 win.

"Today felt good—team felt good," Eusebio remarked. "It was an important match to bounce back from Spring Break."

UP NEXT:

• The Cardinals are back in action on Sunday with a key matchup against No. 5 Williams. The match is scheduled for 10:00 a.m. indoors in Williamstown, Mass.

- Recap by Ben Shapiro -

No. 11 Wesleyan Men’s Tennis Edges No. 24 Bates, 6-3

MIDDLETOWN, Conn. – The No. 11 Wesleyan University men’s tennis team won its fourth consecutive dual match Wednesday as it defeated No. 24 Bates College in NESCAC action, 6-3 at the John Wood Memorial Tennis Courts.

RECORDS
Wesleyan: 9-5, 5-3 NESCAC
Bates: 6-7, 2-3 NESCAC

DOUBLES RESULTS

• The Bobcats took a 2-1 lead after doubles action with wins in the No. 1 and No. 3 positions.

Trinity Men's Tennis Sweeps Doubles On Its Way To Win At Brandeis

Carlos Ferreyros '16 won in singles and doubles

Waltham, Mass. -The visiting Trinity College Bantams swept the doubles points and held on for a 6-3 victory against the Brandeis University Judges in men's tennis action this afternoon.  Trinity improves to 6-5 and snaps a two-game losing skid, while the No. 23-ranked Judges fall to 8-7 with their fourth consecutive setback.

Trinity came out on top in all three doubles matches, all by close margins, including a 8-6 victory by juniors William Boyd (Hillsborough, Calif.) and Rutendo Matingo (Weston, Mass.) in the No. 3 match.  Bantam senior tri-captain Ford Traff (Wayzata, Minn.) and sophomore Rex Glickman (Chappaqua, N.Y.) won, 8-5, in the top doubles match, and both pulled out singles wins in three sets.  Glickman won his first set, 6-4, at No. 1 singles, lost the second, 6-3, but came back to take the third by the same score.  Traff lost his first set at second singles, but rallied to take the second set, 6-2, and the third, 6-1.  Bantam senior Carlos Ferreyros (Lima, Peru) also won a three-setter, 6-4, 2-6, 6-3, at the sixth singles position, and teamed with senior tri-captain Camden Smith (Dedham, Mass.) for a 8-5 triumph at second singles.

MATCH RESULTS
Doubles
1. TC- FordTraff/Rex Glickman d. Cherkin/Arguello, 8-5
2. TC- Carlos Ferreyros/Camden Smith d. Lubarsky/Kogan, 8-5
3. TC- Rutendo Matingo/William Boyd d. Granoff/Goldberg, 8-6
Singles
1. TC- Glickman d. Bunis, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
2. TC- Traff d. Granoff, 2-6, 6-2, 6-1
3. B- Arguello d. Matingo, 7-6 (3), 6-3
4. B- Ng d. Segel, 6-4, 6-4
5. B- Lubarsky d. Boyd, 6-2, 6-2
6. TC- Ferreyros d. Kogan, 6-4, 2-6, 6-3
Trinity (Conn.) 6, Brandeis 3

Mitchell Men's Tennis Falls to Wheelock

NEW LONDON, Conn. – The Mitchell College men's tennis team dropped a 7-2 decision to Wheelock College on Friday afternoon in a New England Collegiate Conference match-up at the Mack Tennis Courts.

Wheelock (3-7 overall, 3-3 NECC) began the match by sweeping doubles play. The Wildcats then claimed wins at the top four singles positions—all in straight sets—to secure the match.

Arvin Hedayaty, Jordan Bernard, Matthew Brown and Will Spofford all claimed singles wins for the Wildcats. Nathaniel Bowe and Michael Hartley picked up wins at No. 5 and 6 singles, respectively, to give Mitchell its two points.

Mitchell (2-5 overall, 2-4 NECC) returns to action at Becker College on Saturday, April 16 at 1 p.m. Wheelock will next play at Regis College on Saturday at 1 p.m.

Tennis Match Results
Wheelock College vs Mitchell
04/15/16 at New London, CT

Wheelock College 7, Mitchell 2

 Singles competition
1. Arvin Hedayaty (WCMT) def. Orson Sinclair (MCMT) 6-1, 6-1
2. Jordan Bernard (WCMT) def. Graham Cavanaugh (MCMT) 6-0, 6-2
3. Matthew Brown (WCMT) def. Michael Berman (MCMT) 6-3, 6-3
4. Will Spofford (WCMT) def. Matthew Destasio (MCMT) 6-2, 6-4
5. Nathaniel Bowe (MCMT) def. ReAnn Rivera (WCMT) 6-1, 6-1
6. Michael Hartley (MCMT) def. Nicholas Fenton (WCMT) 6-4, 6-7, 1-0 (7-3)

 Doubles competition
1. Arvin Hedayaty/Matthew Brown (WCMT) def. Orson Sinclair/Michael Berman (MCMT) 8-3
2. Jordan Bernard/Will Spofford (WCMT) def. Graham Cavanaugh/Matthew Destasio (MCMT) 8-4
3. ReAnn Rivera/Jill Crane (WCMT) def. Nathaniel Bowe/Michael Hartley (MCMT) 8-6

Match Notes:
Wheelock College 3-7, 3-3 NECC
Mitchell 2-5, 2-4 NECC
T-3:00  A-20 

WILDCATS TAME ANCHORMEN, 8-1

Providence, R.I.-In a battle of cross-town rivals, the Rhode Island College men’s tennis team fell to Johnson & Wales, 8-1, in non-conference action played at the RIC Tennis Courts on Thursday afternoon.

JWU (10-4) started out strong at No. 1 doubles, with junior Andre Barbero (Brielle, NJ) and junior Nicholas Auffret (Holtsville, NY) besting the RIC (2-8) duo of sophomore Brett Taggart (North Kingstown, RI) and sophomore Lee Tiberi (Smithfield, RI), 8-0.

Freshmen Matt Gambardella and Alan Esposito

JWU also earned the victory at No. 2 doubles with senior Jason Chavenson (Upper Dublin, PA) and sophomore Taylor Farmer (Carmel, IN) knocking off the RIC pairing of freshmen Alan Esposito (Clinton, CT) and Matthew Gambardella (West Warwick, RI), 8-0.

JWU completed the doubles sweep with graduate student Jorge Mancebo (Santiago, Dominican Republic) and senior Tristan Edovas (Mystic, CT) defeating the RIC duo of senior Cory Duquette (Warwick, RI) and freshman Chandler Scott (Ashaway, RI), 8-4.

Barbero beat Taggart (6-1, 6-0) at No. 1 singles, with Farmer besting Tiberi (6-0, 6-2) at the No. 2 slot.

Chavenson defeated Esposito (6-0, 6-2) at No. 3 singles, while Scott fell to Mancebo (6-3, 6-3) at No 4 singles.

Sophomore Ryan Schiele (Lusby, MD) bested Duquette (6-3, 6-1) at No. 5 singles with RIC salvaging a point at No. 6 singles when Gambardella topped freshman Tyler Dupee (Middletown, NY) (7-5, 6-2).

In upcoming action, Rhode Island College will resume Little East Conference action at Salem State on Saturday, April 16 (1 p.m.).

Melampy, Phillips Lead Bears Past Springfield

NEW LONDON, Conn. – Mike Melampy and Jack Phillips each won their singles matches and teamed to win at  #3 doubles leading Coast Guard to a 5-4 win over Springfield in a New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) match.

Melampy and Phillips posted an 8-3 win at #3 doubles while seniors Mark Guentert and Weston Fortna were 8-2 winners at #1 doubles as the Bears won two of the three doubles matches.

In singles action, John Hu was a 6-0, 6-4 winner at #4, Melampy won 6-4, 6-3 at #5 and Phillips

Trinity Men's Tennis Stumped by Wesleyan

Photo is courtesy of Trinity College

Middletown, Conn. - The Trinity College Bantams dropped an 8-1 match to the No. 11 ranked Wesleyan University Cardinals on Wednesday afternoon in New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) men's tennis action in Middletown. Trinity falls to 5-4 overall while Wesleyan improves to 6-5. Sophomore Rex Glickman (Chappaqua, N.Y.) and senior tri-captain Ford Traff (Wayzata, Minn.) earned the lone victory in the No. 1 doubles spot with an 8-5 victory. Juniors Rutendo Matingo (Weston, Mass.) and William Boyd (Hillsborough, Calif.) fought hard in the No. 3 doubles spot for Trinity but ultimately fell, 9-8. The Bantams return to action on Saturday as they travel to Tufts to take on the Jumbos at 1 p.m.

Match Results
Doubles 
1. TC - Rex Glickman/Ford Traff d. Zach Brint/Greg Lyon, 8-5
2. W -  Michael Liu/Steven Chen d. Cam Smith/Carlos Ferreyros, 8-1
3. W -  Joachim Samson/Sam Rudovsky d. Rutendo Matingo/William Boyd, 9-8 (3)
Singles
1. W - Michael Liu d. Rex Glickman, 6-1, 6-1
2. W - Steven Chen d. Ford Traff,  6-1, 6-4
3. W - Tiago Eusebio d. Rutendo Matingo,  6-3, 6-1
4. W - Joachim Samson d. Aaron Segel,  6-1, 4-6, 6-0
5. W -  Cameron Daniels d. William Boyd, 6-3, 6-2
6. W -  Jake Roberts d. Carlos Ferreyros, 7-6 (2), 6-3
Wesleyan 8, Trinity (Conn.) 1

Cardinals Cruise Past Trinity, 8-1

MIDDLETOWN, Conn. – The 11th-ranked Wesleyan University men’s tennis team cruised to an 8-1 NESCAC victory over Trinity College Wednesday at the John Wood Memorial Tennis Courts.

RECORDS
Wesleyan: 6-5, 2-3 NESCAC
Trinity: 5-4, 1-3 NESCAC

DOUBLES RESULTS

• The Cardinals went 2-1 in doubles action.
• The duo of Michael Lui ’17 and Steven Chen ’18 claimed the No. 2 court over Camden Smith and Carlos Forreyros, 8-1.
• In the No. 3 spot, Sam Rudovsky ’16 and Joachim Samson ’19 edged Rutendo Matingo and William Boyd by a score of 9-8 (3).

SINGLES RESULTS

• Wesleyan cruised to a 6-0 sweep of singles play.
• At the top of the lineup, Liu, Chen and Tiago Eusebio ’18 claimed the No. 1, 2 and 3 positions, respectively. Liu defeated Rex Glickman by scores of 6-1, 6-1, Chen defeated Ford Traff 6-1, 6-4, and Eusebio claimed wins of 6-3, 6-1 over Matingo.
• Samson took No. 4 singles, 2-1 over Aaron Segel. After taking the first set 6-1, he dropped the second (6-4) before responding with a 6-0 sweep in the third game.
• Cameron Daniels ’18 defeated Boyd in No. 5 singles, 6-3, 6-2.
• In the No. 6 spot, Jake Roberts ’17 edged Ferreyros by scores of 7-6 (2), 6-3.

UP NEXT

• Wesleyan is back in action Saturday, April 16 and will face Hamilton on the road at 9 a.m.
• Trinity is back in action Saturday as well and will play at Tufts beginning at 1 p.m.

BEACONS DEFEAT ANCHORMEN, 8-1

Providence, R.I.-Rhode Island College freshman Matthew Gambardella (West Warwick, RI) won (7-4, 7-6) at No. 6 singles as the Anchormen fell to UMass Boston, 8-1, in Little East Conference action played at the RIC Tennis Courts on Monday afternoon.

UMass Boston freshman Josh Bhasin (Tulsa, OK) and junior Jack Wang (Suzhou, China) defeated sophomore duo of Brett Taggart (North Kingstown, RI) and Lee Tiberi (Smithfield, RI), 8-1, at the No. 1 pairing.

Sophomores Austin DeLasse (Mexico City, Mexico) and Guang Huang (Quincy, MA) downed Gambardella and Alan Esposito (Clinton, CT), 9-7, at No. 2 doubles.

Senior Zeke Hernandez (Baytown, TX) and junior Hector Mata (San Salvador, El Salvador) defeated junior Cory Duquette (Warwick, RI) and freshman Chandler Scott (Ashaway, RI), 8-6, at No. 3 doubles.

DeLasse topped Taggart (7-6, 6-4) at No. 1 singles, while Bhasin downed Tiberi (7-6, 7-5) at No. 2 singles.

Wang defeated Esposito (6-1, 6-0) at No. 3 singles, while sophomore Sanshrut Sharma (Mumbai, India) won (6-3, 6-4) over Scott at the fourth flight.

Senior Vlad Leopard (Carnikava, Latvia) picked up a win (6-2, 6-1) against Duquette at No. 5 singles. Gambardella downed Hernandez at the sixth flight to salvage a point.

In upcoming action, Rhode Island College will host Johnson & Wales on Thursday, April 14 (3:30 p.m.).

Brown Men’s Tennis Defeated at No. 44 LSU, 4-0

BATON ROUGE, La. – The Brown men's tennis team was defeated by No. 44 LSU , 4-0, on Tuesday at the LSU Tennis Complex.

For doubles competition, junior Gregory Garcia (Poway, Calif.) and sophomore Peter Tarwid (Lake Forest, Ill.) battled tough in first doubles against No. 10 Jordan Daigle and Boris Arias, but fell 6-3. Sophomore Aaron Sandberg (Hudson, Ohio) and freshman Mladen Mitak (Zagreb, Croatia) pushed their third doubles match to extra points, but were unable to capture the set (7-5).

In singles play, Garcia had another tough battle in first singles to No. 69 Jordan Daigle but lost the contest 6-3, 6-4.

The Bears will spend one more day in Louisiana and compete against No. 23 Tulane on Wednesday, March 30 for a 3:00 p.m. match.

Singles
1. #69 Jordan Daigle (LSU) def. Gregory Garcia (BROWN) 6-3, 6-4
2. Justin Butsch (LSU) vs. Peter Tarwid (BROWN) 6-4, 3-4, unfinished
3. Simon Freund (LSU) vs. Jack Haworth (BROWN) 6-4, 4-2, unfinished
4. Nikola Samardzic (LSU) def. Mladen Mitak (BROWN) 6-3, 6-1
5. Boris Arias (LSU) vs. Charles Tan (BROWN) 4-6, 5-2, unfinished
6. Andrew Korinek (LSU) def. Aaron Sandberg (BROWN) 6-3, 6-2

Doubles
1. #10 Boris Arias/Jordan Daigle (LSU) def. Gregory Garcia/Peter Tarwid (BROWN) 6-3
2. Jack Haworth/Charles Tan (BROWN) def. Tam Trinh/Justin Butsch (LSU) 6-3
3. Gabor Csonka/Andrew Korinek (LSU) def. Aaron Sandberg/Mladen Mitak (BROWN) 7-5