Men's Tennis Advances to NE-10 Finals with Win over Stonehill, 5-2
NORTH ANDOVER, MA – The Merrimack College men's
tennis team has earned a shot at the Northeast-10 Conference
tournament championship on Sunday at Stonehill College against
top-seeded Bentley University following a 5-2 win over Stonehill at
North Andover High School Thursday afternoon.
Junior Liam Hoare (West Newbury, MA) won the
clinching match in a tie-break at No. 5 singles while freshman
Petar Golijanin (Novi Sad, Serbia) captured a No.
3 singles win, 6-2, 6-1 and sophomore Sean Pahler (Rumson,
NJ) won at No. 4 singles in straight sets.
The Warriors second straight trip to the Championship is also
only the second time in school history. A year ago, Merrimack
defeated Bentley in the semifinals, 5-1, before falling to
Stonehill in the championship match. Then-freshman
Rishi Rajpal (New Delhi, India) led the Warriors
with a No. 1 singles win and No. 2 singles win over the Falcons.
This year, the Warriors look to avenge a 6-3 loss at the Waltham
Indoor Courts on April 17th to Bentley University, who
improved to 15-3 on the year with a 5-0 win over #5 Adelphi in the
semifinals on Thursday.
