QUINCY, Mass. – The Eastern Nazarene men's tennis team posted a 7-1 victory over Wentworth Saturday afternoon at the ENC Tennis Courts in its first league match of the year.
The Lions improve to 4-5 on the season and 1-0 in the Commonwealth Coast Conference with the win. The Leopards fall to 2-2 overall and 1-1 in conference action with the loss.
Eastern Nazarene swept the three doubles matches as Kevin Paterno (Buenos Aires, Argentina) and Sam Son (Wilbraham, Mass.) prevailed 8-1 at the No. 3 doubles position over Gaurav Tilva (Windsor, Conn.) and Dylan Melnik (Wake Forest, N.C.)
Andres Biondi (Barquisimeto, Venezuela) and Sam McKay-Corkum (Rehoboth, Mass.) notched an 8-1 win at the top doubles spot, downing James Drum (Madison, Conn.) and Matthew Smith (Pelham, Conn.).
Tyler Perron (Plympton, Mass.) and Nick Thompson (York, Pa.) battled back from a 4-0 deficit to edge Wentworth's Nate Schwartz (Chester Springs, Pa.) and Josh Dowd (Bristol, Conn.) 8-6 at the No. 2 slot.
McKay-Corkum picked up the Lions' fourth point of the match with a straight-sets victory at the No. 1 singles position, defeating Drum 6-0, 6-2.
Son clinched Eastern Nazarene's first conference win of the year with a 6-2, 6-0 decision at the fourth singles spot.
Paterno bested Schwartz at the No. 3 singles slot 6-2, 6-2. Davis Steelman (Darlington, Md.) topped Melnik at the No. 5 position. The rookie claimed the first set 6-3 before triumphing 7-3 in a tiebreaker to secure a 7-6 win in the second frame.
Smith picked up Wentworth's lone point with a 6-0, 6-3 at No. 2 before the match was called due to rain.
Both teams are in action on Tuesday as Wentworth is at Western New England and Eastern Nazarene is at Nichols.
(Recap courtesy of Eastern Nazarene sports information)
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