McHugh Wins Two, Merrimack Falls to Martin Methodist, 6-3
AUBURNDALE, FL – In day three of play in Florida, junior
Tim McHugh (Edgartown, MA) won at both singles and
doubles, but the Merrimack College men's tennis team fell to
Martin Methodist College 6-3 at Auburndale Park.
McHugh teamed with sophomore Max Eppley (Malaga,
Spain) for an 8-3 No. 3 doubles win, while winning 6-1,
6-1 at No. 6 singles.
Freshman Petar Golijanin (Novi Sad, Serbia)
picked up win number three for the Warriors in a tie-break,
three-set win.
“Our guys showed toughness in every match today,”
said head coach Chris Stevens. “We
played quality opponents, but the effort of our team is
promising.”
Merrimack plays again on Thursday at 10:00am against
Colby-Sawyer College to conclude their four-match tour of Florida
during the College's spring recess. The
Warriors—2-0 in Northeast-10 Conference play (3-3
overall)—resumes Conference play at Saint Anselm on March 20
at 10:00am.
Doubles
#1 Melvin Prada / Vinicius Santos (MM) def. Petar
Golijanin / Sean Pahler (MER) 8-4
#2 Renato Castro / Juan Suarez (MM) def. Liam Hoare /
Rishi Rajpal (MER) 8-5
#3 Tim McHugh / Max Eppley (MER) def. Alvaro
Morcillo / Matthew Dyer 8-3
Singles:
#1 Melvin Prada def. Rishi Rajpal (MER), 6-2,
6-0
#2 Vinicius Santos def. Max Eppley (MER), 6-4,
6-2
#3 Petar Golijanin (MER) def. Renato Castro 6-3,
2-6, (10-7)
#4 Juan Suarez def. Sean Pahler (MER) 6-3,
7-5
#5 Alvaro Morcillo def. Liam Hoare (MER), 6-1,
6-4
#6 Tim McHugh (MER) def. Matthew Dyer 6-1, 6-1
