Men's Tennis Blanks AIC, 9-0
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SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – The Merrimack College men's tennis team improved to 5-0 in Northeast-10 Conference play with its 9-0 victory at American International on Tuesday afternoon.
The Basics
Score: Merrimack 9, AIC 0
Records: Merrimack (6-7, 5-0 NE-10) | AIC (0-6, 0-6 NE-10)
Location: Springfield, Mass.
How It Happened
Merrimack swept the doubles portion of the match to take a 3-0 lead into singles. At second doubles, Nick Majewski (Brewster, Mass.) and Tyler Clontz (Naples, Fla.) blanked their opponents, 8-0. Sophomore Frank Vega (Lima, Peru) and junior Tayyab Sheikh (Longmeadow, Mass.) teamed up for the first time this season, also winning at No. 3 by an 8-0 score.
At first doubles, sophomore Mikhail Belov (Krasnoarmeyskoy, Russia) and redshirt-freshman Laurence Akwei (Johannesburg, South Africa) battled into a tiebreak, and prevailed by a 9-8 score.
The Warriors controlled the contest in singles play as well. Belov won a three-set match at first singles, losing the first set before battling back to take the final two. Second through fifth singles went in favor of the Warriors in straight-set fashion. Freshman Alex Slobin (Fairfield, Conn.) did not lose a game at No. 5, with fellow rookie Clontz doing that same at sixth singles.
Results
Doubles
1. Mikhail Belov / Laurence Akwei (MER) def. James Worrall / Ricardo Martinez (AIC) 9-8
2. Nick Majewski / Tyler Clontz (MER) def. Johno May / Luis Gouveia (AIC) 8-0
3. Frank Vega / Tayyab Sheikh (MER) def. Michael Schulze / Patrick Agit (AIC) 8-0
Singles
1. Mikhail Belov (MER) def. Ricardo Martinez (AIC) 1-6, 6-3, 10-6
2. Nick Majewski (MER) def. James Worrall (AIC) 6-2, 6-2
3. Frank Vega (MER) def. Luis Gouveia (AIC) 6-1, 6-4
4. Laurence Akwei (MER) def. Michael Schulze (AIC) 6-0, 6-1
5. Alex Slobin (MER) def. Johno May (AIC) 6-0, 6-0
6. Tyler Clontz (MER) def. Andrew DeBrincat (AIC) 6-0, 6-0
Up Next
Merrimack hosts Bentley on Friday afternoon beginning at 12 p.m.
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