Rollins Blanks Men's Tennis, 9-0

Rollins Blanks Men's Tennis, 9-0

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WINTER PARK, Fla. – The Merrimack College men's tennis team continued its four-match trip through the Sunshine State with a 9-0 defeat against Rollins College from the Tiedtke Tennis Courts on Monday afternoon.

The Basics
 Score: Rollins 9, Merrimack 0
Records: Merrimack (3-4) | Rollins (4-10)
Location: Tiedtke Tennis Courts | Winter Park, Fla.

How It Happened
 The Warriors opened doubles play against the 26th-ranked program in the country with two of the same pairings from their match against Eckerd on Sunday, and a new combination at third doubles. Junior Nick Majewski (Brewster, Mass.) and Laurence Akwei (Johannesburg, South Africa) lost at No. 1, 8-0. Sophomore Frank Vega (Lima, Peru) and freshman Tyler Clontz (Naples, Fla.) fell at No. 2 for the second straight day, 8-2.

Senior captain Miguel Belfort (Caracas, Venezuela) returned to action after not playing on Sunday, competing with sophomore Mikhail Belov (Krasnoarmeyskoy, Russia) at No. 3, losing by an 8-2 margin.

Merrimack dropped all six singles matches by straight-set decisions. Belov performed the best, winning five games in a 12-game first set before succumbing, 7-5. He won three games in the second frame, but was put away by Aaron Bettink, the sixth-ranked singles play in the South Region.

After sitting out doubles, freshman Alex Slobin (Fairfield, Conn.) battled at sixth singles, winning three games in his second set (6-0, 6-3).

Results
 Doubles
 1. Aaron Bettink / Adrian Di Felice (RC) def. Nick Majewski / Laurence Akwei (MER) 8-0
2. Robin Marchione / Ahmed Albitar (RC) def. Frank Vega  / Tyler Clontz (MER) 8-2
3. Casey Austgen / Ziad Melhaoui (RC) def. Mikhail Belov / Miguel Belfort (MER) 8-2

Singles
1. Aaron Bettink (RC) def. Mikhail Belov (MER) 7-5, 6-3
2. Robin Marchione (RC) def. Nick Majewski (MER) 6-1, 6-0
3. Casey Austgen (RC) def. Frank Vega  (MER) 6-1, 6-1
4. Adrian Di Felice (RC) def. Miguel Belfort (MER) 6-1, 6-1
5. Hayden Rodrigue (RC) def. Laurence Akwei (MER) 6-0, 6-0
6. Ziad Melhaoui (RC) def.  Alex Slobin (MER) 6-0, 6-3

Up Next
 Merrimack plays Florida Southern tomorrow afternoon at 3 p.m.

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