Men’s Tennis Tops Lees-McRae Thursday in Florida

Links: Box Score (Lees-McRae) | Box Score (Saint Joseph's)

ORLANDO, Fla. – The Merrimack College men's tennis program concluded its spring break down in Florida on Thursday, playing a pair of matches against Division II Lees-McRae College and Division I Saint Joseph's out of the Atlantic 10 Conference. The Warriors defeated the Bobcats, 6-1, in their day session before falling to the Hawks at night, 6-1.

Merrimack posted wins in four of five matches this past week, improving its overall record to 7-6. Against Division II competition, the Warriors boast a 6-1 record through seven matches with the majority of Northeast-10 Conference action left to play.

The Basics
Score: Merrimack 6, Lees-McRae 1
Score: Saint Joseph's 6, Merrimack 1
Records: Merrimack (7-6) | Lees-McRae (5-8) | Saint Joseph's (2-6)
Location: Orlando, Fla.

Results (Lees-McRae)
Doubles

1. Denis Davydov/Conrad Koch (MERM) def. Miodrag Popovic/Fitzgerald Lomp (LMC-M) 6-1

2. Jonathan Garcia/Alex Fedorov (MERM) def. Matt Meluch/James Kirkham (LMC-M) 6-2

3. Paul Weidinger/Tyler Clontz (MERM) def. Colton Porter/Brandon Caldwell (LMC-M) 6-3

Singles

	1. Denis Davydov (MERM) def. Miodrag Popovic (LMC-M) 5-0, retired
	2. Matt Meluch (LMC-M) def. Jonathan Garcia (MERM) 6-1, 7-5
	3. Alex Fedorov (MERM) def. Fitzgerald Lomp (LMC-M) 6-1, 6-0
	4. A. Mackay Rodriguez (MERM) def. James Kirkham (LMC-M) 6-0, 6-0
	5. Paul Weidinger (MERM) def. Brandon Caldwell (LMC-M) 6-2, 6-0
	6. Hassan El Alami (MERM) def. Colton Porter (LMC-M) 6-3, 6-2

Results (Saint Joseph's)
Doubles

1. Nathan Perrone/Andre Fick (SJU) def. Denis Davydov/Conrad Koch (MERM) 6-2 2. Alex Fedorov/Jonathan Garcia (MERM) def. Johnnie Massart/Eshan Kanetkar (SJU) 6-2 3. Dan Tan/Luis Janko (SJU) def. A. Mackay Rodriguez/Marshall Wood (MERM) 7-6 (7-3)

Singles

	1. Nathan Perrone (SJU) def. Denis Davydov (MERM) 6-2, 6-4
	2. Andre Fick (SJU) def. Jonathan Garcia (MERM) 6-3, 6-4
	3. Johnnie Massart (SJU) def. Alex Fedorov (MERM) 6-4, 6-4
	4. Conrad Koch (MERM) def. Dan Tan (SJU) 6-3, 7-6 (7-3)
	5. Luis Janko (SJU) def. A. Mackay Rodriguez (MERM) 6-3, 6-1
	6. Sam Sauter (SJU) def. Andre Singer (MERM) 3-6, 6-0, 10-1

 
Rapid Recap (Lees-McRae)

• Merrimack swept the doubles portion of the match. Junior Tyler Clontz and junior Paul Weidinger united as a pairing at No. 3, claiming a 6-3 victory. Merrimack's top pairing of junior Denis Davydov and freshman Conrad Koch won six of seven games at the top flight while junior Alex Fedorov and freshman Jonathan Garcia won, 6-2, at No. 2
• The Warriors dominated the singles portion of the day. Davydov was up big, 5-0, in his first set at No. 1 before his opposition retired. Freshman Alec Mackay Rodriguez did not lose a game at fourth singles, shutting out his opponent
• Weidinger played at the fifth flight, playing a perfect second set (6-2, 6-0). Fedorov also went unblemished in his second set (6-1, 6-0) in a victory at No. 3. Freshman Hassan El Alami won at No. 6, 6-3 and 6-2

Rapid Recap (Saint Joseph's)

• Despite failing to snatch the doubles point, the duo of Fedorov and Garcia grabbed an impressive victory at second doubles, 6-2, over the second pairing from the Division I Hawks. Mackay Rodriguez and freshman Marshall Wood brought No. 3 to a tiebreaker, but Saint Joseph's won that to claim the doubles point
• Freshman Conrad Koch headlined Merrimack's singles effort, winning at the fourth flight, 6-3 and 7-6 (3), to pick up a win against a DI foe
• Freshman Andre Singer won his opening set at the sixth flight, but faltered in the second set as well as the 10-point breaker to come up short in his bid to beat the A-10 representatives

Up Next
The Warriors will have a week off before playing their first conference match of the spring, facing Bentley University at 3 p.m. in Waltham, Mass. on Thursday, March 26.