Men’s Tennis Doubles Up Regis in GNAC Opener, 6-3
WESTON, Mass.- The Eastern Nazarene College men's tennis team collected a 6-3 win at Regis in the first Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) Saturday afternoon.
The Lions elevate to 7-5 on the year and 1-0 in the GNAC with the victory. The Pride falls to 4-7 overall and 0-1 in league competition with the result.
The guests posted a pair of doubles victories to capture a 2-1 edge.
Diego Rodriguez (Barquisimeto, Venezuela) and Carlos Sanchez (Malaga, Spain) downed Sebastian Torres and Mitchell Weiner 8-4 at the top doubles spot.
Avelino Parrondo (Madrid, Spain) and Diego Torres (Weston, Fla.) blanked Brevin Frankel and Federico Lavini-Ayalla at the No. 3 slot, 8-0.
Simao Nobre (Lisbon, Portugal) and Carlos Gallardo (Tulua, Colombia) absorbed an 8-3 loss at the No. 2 spot to Andrew Bienvenu and Lenny Tam.
Eastern Nazarene collected four singles victories to clinch its 11th-consecutive conference win.
Sanchez earned a 6-3, 6-1 victory at the No. 3 singles position over Wiener while Torres rolled past Tam 6-1, 6-0 at the No. 4 slot.
Parrondo prevailed 6-1, 6-0 over Frankel in the fifth singles match and Gallardo breezed by Lavini-Ayalla 6-0, 6-0 at the sixth spot.
Bienvenu outlasted Rodriguez in a third-set super-tiebreaker at the top singles position. After Rodriguez claimed the first set in a tiebreaker 7-5, Bienvenu responded with a 6-2 win in the second set before captured in super-tiebreaker 10-5.
Nobre suffered a 6-3, 6-2 setback at the No. 2 spot to Torres.
Up next, Eastern Nazarene is slated to visit Salem State April 6.