#48 Men’s Tennis Blanks Stonehill, 7-0

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NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. – Playing its first match since earning the program's first-ever Oracle/Intercollegiate Tennis Association national ranking, the No. 48 Merrimack College men's tennis program dominated Stonehill College to the tune of a 7-0 shutout victory from North Andover High School on Saturday afternoon.

The Warriors' home win gave the program its 10^th triumph of the season, improved its record against Division II foes to 9-1 and kept its undefeated Northeast-10 Conference mark (3-0) intact.

The Basics
Score: #48 Merrimack 7, Stonehill 0
Records: #48 Merrimack (10-6, 3-0 NE10) | Stonehill (9-6, 1-3 NE10)
Location: North Andover, Mass. | North Andover High School    

Results
Doubles

	1. Denis Davydov/Conrad Koch (MERM) def. Trent Newman/Samuel Miller (STO) 6-3
	2. Alex Fedorov/Jonathan Garcia (MERM) def. Aleksander Lazowski/Russell White (STO) 6-4
	3. Marshall Wood/A. Mackay Rodriguez (MERM) def. Luke Mendoza/Juan Riano Rojas (STO) 6-0

Singles

	1. Denis Davydov (MERM) def. Trent Newman (STO) 6-3, 6-3
	2. Jonathan Garcia (MERM) def. Samuel Miller (STO) 6-4, 6-0
	3. Alex Fedorov (MERM) def. Russell White (STO) 6-2, 4-6, 10-1
	4. Conrad Koch (MERM) def. Vincent Huynh (STO) 6-3, 6-2
	5. A. Mackay Rodriguez (MERM) def. Juan Riano Rojas (STO) 6-0, 6-2
	6. Paul Weidinger (MERM) def. Aaron Diamond (STO) 6-2, 6-4

Rapid Recap

• The doubles portion of match finished in reverse-flight order. The freshman duo of Alec Mackay Rodriguez and Marshall Wood dominated at No. 3, 6-0, and junior Alex Fedorov and freshman Jonathan Garcia secured the doubles point with a 6-4 triumph at No. 2. The Warriors completed the doubles sweep at the top flight as junior Denis Davydov and freshman Conrad Koch completed a 6-3 victory
• Five of the six singles matches finished in sweeps. Mackay Rodriguez posted the most dominant effort, conceding just a pair of games, 6-0 and 6-2, at fifth singles. Garcia edged his opponent at No. 2 in the first set, 6-4, before a blanking in his second set, 6-0
• Junior Paul Weidinger took the courts at the sixth flight, registering another straight-sets win (6-2, 6-4). Davydov, 6-3 and 6-3, and Koch, 6-3 and 6-2, followed up the win at first doubles with victories at first and fourth singles, respectively. Davydov improved his singles record against DII competition to 9-0 and increased his sets won streak versus DII players to 13
• Fedorov won the lone contest that went the distance at No. 3. The Guilderland, N.Y. native prevailed in his opener, 6-2, and claimed the 10-point breaker in near-shutout fashion, 10-1, to make it a clean sweep of the Skyhawks

Up Next
The Warriors play the final non-conference game of the regular season tomorrow afternoon when Merrimack visits Nichols College for a 1 p.m. match in Dudley, Mass.