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HUMACAO, Puerto Rico – The Merrimack College men's tennis team picked up its sixth win of the season on Wednesday when the Warriors dispatched the University of Rochester, 6-1, down in Humacao, Puerto Rico. The Warriors swept all three doubles matches and recorded wins in five of six singles flights to emerge victorious.
The Basics
Score: Merrimack 6, Rochester 1
Records: Merrimack (6-4) | Rochester (3-6)
Location: Humacao, Puerto Rico
Rapid Recap
- The Warriors won first and second doubles by 6-4 margins as Merrimack's top duo of seniors Denis Davydov and Alex Fedorov and their second pairing of sophomores Jonathan Garcia and Alec Mackay Rodriguez recorded wins
- Sophomore Andre Singer and senior Paul Weidinger impressed the most in the three doubles matches, defeating Rochester's third pairing by four games, 6-2
- All five of the team's single wins came in straight sets. Fedorov won his first set in shutout fashion before clinching fourth singles with a 6-1 second-set victory to post the most impressive victory of the day. Davydov handled Rochester's top option of the day in check, claiming a pair of 6-2 set victories at the top flight. Sophomore Conrad Koch added a win at the third flight, 6-3 and 6-3
- Merrimack took the bottom two rungs of the singles ladder, as well. Freshman Pedro de Godoy Mancini need just two sets (6-4, 6-4) to best his foe at fifth singles while Mackay Rodriguez started his match with a 6-2 win before a clinching 6-3 triumph at No. 6
Up Next
Merrimack returns to action in Puerto Rico on Friday, facing Nichols College at 11 a.m.
