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MIDDLETON, Mass. – The Merrimack College men's tennis program went toe-to-toe with New York Institute of Technology on Saturday evening – the third-ranked program in the region according to the latest Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) rankings – and suffered a 7-2 defeat from the Northeast Tennis Center. The Warriors nearly carried a 2-1 lead into singles play, before suffering a pair of three-set defeats in singles.
The Basics
Score: NYIT 7,
Merrimack 2
Records: Merrimack (4-3) | NYIT (3-0)
Location: Northeast Tennis Center | Middleton, Mass.
Results
Doubles
Singles
| 1. Selecky, Matej (NYIT) def. Mikhail Belov (MERM) 6-2, 6-1 |
| 2. Caldas, Francisco (NYIT) def. Denis Davydov (MERM) 3-6, 7-6, 6-1 |
| 3. Ispas, Rares (NYIT) def. Frank Vega (MERM) 3-6, 6-2, 6-1 |
| 4. Alex Fedorov (MERM) def. Cook, Maxton (NYIT) 3-6, 7-5, 7-6 |
| 5. Martinez, Alexandre (NYIT) def. Tyler Clontz (MERM) 6-2, 6-3 |
| 6. Fernandez, Sergio (NYIT) def. Paul Weidinger (MERM) 6-4, 6-3 |
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Rapid Recap
- Merrimack's top pairing of senior Mikhail Belov and sophomore Denis Davydov doubled up the Bears' No. 1 option, 8-4, to secure one doubles point for the Warriors
- Facing a 1-1 match, the third doubles duo of junior Tyler Clontz and sophomore Paul Weidinger took their contest to a 16th game, but dropped a 9-7 margin, allowing NYIT to take a 2-1 lead into singles
- Junior Alex Fedorov rallied to recover from a first-set defeat, winning at fourth singles in three frames (3-6, 7-5, 7-6). Merrimack also saw second and third singles reach three frames, but NYIT won at both flights. The visitors won two-set decisions at first, fifth and sixth singles
- In the singles venue, the Warriors faced three of the top-20 ranked players in the region
Up Next:
Merrimack travels to Saint Michael's tomorrow afternoon to face the Purple Knights at 12 p.m. in a Northeast-10 Conference match in Colchester, Vt.
