Men’s Tennis Earns 7-2 Victory Over Gordon Saturday

QUINCY, Mass.- The Eastern Nazarene men's tennis team posted a 7-2 win over Gordon Saturday afternoon at home.

The Lions elevate to 5-6 on the year and 2-1 in the Commonwealth Coast Conference. The Fighting Scots fall to 4-7 overall and 0-1 in league matches with the result.

Eastern Nazarene notched a pair of doubles victories to control a 2-1 lead at the start of singles play.

Tyler Perron (Plympton, Mass.) and Nick Thompson (York, Pa.) earned their fifth doubles victory of the season, downing Richie Armand and Joe Daughertuy 8-5 at the No. 2 position.

Kevin Paterno (Buenos Aires, Argentina) and Sam Son (Wilbraham, Mass.) topped Dan Christensen and Daniel Dufoe 8-2 at the No. 3 spot.

Andres Biondi (Barquisimeto, Venezuela) and Sam McKay-Corkum (Rehoboth, Mass.) were edged 8-6 at the top slot by Zach Hall and Kenny Gaudio.

The Lions collected five singles wins en route to capturing their second conference victory of the spring.

McKay-Corkum claimed a 6-0, 6-2 win at the second singles position over Gaudio. Perron prevailed 6-3, 6-3 at the third slot against Daugherty.

Paterno picked up a 6-1, 7-5 victory at the No. 4 singles match to improve to a team-best 7-4 on the season in singles action.

Son cruised to a 6-1, 6-0 win at the fifth position, defeating Christensen. Thompson logged his sixth singles win of the year, besting Daniel Alvarado 6-1, 6-1 at the sixth slot.

Hall secured the visitors' lone singles victory of the match, blanking Biondi 6-0, 6-0 at the No. 1 singles match.

Up next, Eastern Nazarene kicks off a stretch of three consecutive road matches April 7 at Endicott.