Men’s Tennis Opens Season with 5-1 Win Over Regis
QUINCY, Mass.- The Eastern Nazarene College men's tennis team topped Regis 5-1 to begin the 2016-17 campaign Wednesday afternoon at the ENC Tennis Courts.
The Lions escalate to 1-0 on the year while the Pride dips to 0-1 overall.
The home team captured a pair of doubles victories to cling to a 2-1 lead at the start of singles play.
Santiago Camero (Toronto, Ontario) and Henry Siercke (Hamburg, Germany) collected an 8-6 victory at the No. 1 doubles position over Chris Harrow and Nolan Bebarta.
Kyle Pierson (Redding, Calif.) and Kaden Swarr (Brighton, Colo.) posted an 8-5 win at the No. 3 slot over Matt Quattrociocchi and Cam Charbonneau.
Shaw Campbell (Redding, Calif.) and Davis Steelman (Darlington, Md.) narrowly fell to Jarid Polley and Luke Horton at the second spot, 9-8.
Eastern Nazarene notched three wins in singles action to clinch the match before play was stopped due to darkness and inclement weather.
Camero prevailed 6-3, 6-0 at the No. 3 singles position in his first collegiate match over Bebarta.
Pierson kicked off his collegiate career 6-3, 6-2 win in the fourth singles match against Polley.
Steelman rolled to a 6-1, 6-1 victory at the No. 5 singles spot over Quattrociocchi.
Laurent Ruttkowski (Castrop-Rauxel, Germany) and Siercke were both involved in closely-contested matchs at the No. 1 and No. 2 singles slots when play was halted.
Ruttkowski dropped the opening set 7-5 and was tied with Harrow 5-5 in the second. Siercke edged Horton in the first set 7-6, conceded the second frame 6-4 and trailed 5-1 in the third when the match was called.
At the No. 6 position, Swarr held a one-set lead over Nick Hildreth after taking the set 6-2. Swarr and Hildreth were knotted at 2-2 when play was stopped.
"It was good to see the freshmen on the court in the first collegiate match. Today was a good start to the season," said head coach Cris Popa.
Up next, Eastern Nazarene returns to the courts September 10 as it takes part in the Stonehill Doubles Invitational.
