Men's Tennis Closes out Regular Season with Win over Suffolk

Leopards pick up their second straight win, 7-2, over the Rams with Daniel Gallegos providing the match-clinching point

Team Stats

Wentworth

Suffolk

Score

Doubles

Daniel Gallegos / Rene Rodriguez def. Mehdi Mered / Diego Hernandez-Pons 8-3
Hasan Esrawi / Daniel Dayn def. Kevin Shields / Pranav Marwaha 8-4
Eric Doraci / Thomas Kot def. Mikhail Reilly / Zach Dobbs 8-4

Singles

Daniel Gallegos def. Mehdi Mered 6-2 , 6-1
Pranav Marwaha def. Daniel Dayn 6-4 , 6-1
Rene Rodriguez def. Hasan Esrawi 6-1 , 6-0
Eric Doraci def. Diego Hernandez-Pons 6-1 , 6-3
Mikhail Reilly def. James Weete 6-4 , 6-4
Owen Conlon def. Milind Kulkarni 6-4 , 6-4

April 19, 2023

BELMONT, Mass. – Building off a 2-1 lead after doubles play, the Wentworth Institute of Technology team won five of six singles matches to take a 7-2 win over Suffolk in the regular-season finale for both teams.

HOW IT HAPPENED:

Freshmen Eric Doraci (Natick, Mass.) and Thomas Kot (Farmington, Conn.) gave Wentworth a 1-0 lead with an 8-4 win over junior Mikhail Riley and freshman Zach Dobbs (Bozeman, Mont.) at No. 3 doubles. Suffolk evened the match when senior Hasan Esrawi (Braintree, Mass.) teamed with freshman Daniel Dayn (Natick, Mass.) for an 8-4 win at No. 2 over senior Kevin Shields (East Longmeadow, Mass.) and sophomore Pranav Marwaha (Nashua, N.H.).
The Leopards reclaimed the lead as the No. 1 tandem of junior Daniel Gallegos (Monterrey, Mexico) and freshman Rene Rodriguez (Doral, Fla.) were 8-3 winners over freshman Mehdi Mered (Algeria, Tiemcen) and senior Diego Hernandez-Pons (Mexico City, Mexico).
Senior Owen Conlon (Cataumet, Mass.) gave the Leopards a 3-1 lead with a 6-4, 6-4 win over sophomore Milind Kulkarni (Forest Hills, N.Y.) at No. 6 singles before Rodriguez was a 6-1, 6-0 winner over Esrawi, at No. 3. Gallegos clinched the match for the Black & Gold, as he bested Mered, 6-2, 6-1.
Marwaha was a 6-4, 6-1 winner over Dayn at No. 2, while Doraci picked up a 6-1, 6-3 victory over Hernandez-Pons at No. 4. Reilly defeated freshman James Weete, 6-4, 6-4, at No. 5.

NEXT UP:

Seeded fifth, Wentworth will travel to fourth-seeded Endicott for the opening round of the Commonwealth Coast Conference Tournament on Saturday.

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