REGIS KNOCKS OFF MITCHELL, 6-3
Regis College moved into a tie for the top spot in the New England Collegiate Conference with the Pride’s 6-3 win over Mitchell College on Wednesday afternoon in men’s tennis action in Weston, Mass. The Pride improves to 10-6 overall and 7-1 in the NECC, while Mitchell drops its first contest of the year in moving to 7-1 overall and 7-1 in league games.
WESTON, Mass. – Regis College moved into a tie for the top spot in the New England Collegiate Conference with the Pride's 6-3 win over Mitchell College on Wednesday afternoon in men's tennis action in Weston, Mass. The Pride improves to 10-6 overall and 7-1 in the NECC, while Mitchell drops its first contest of the year in moving to 7-1 overall and 7-1 in league games.
Regis took an early 2-1 lead in doubles play as the tandem of Michael Beluch (Lynn, Mass.) and Andy White (Bozeman, Mont.) defeated Rocco Devona (Waterford, Conn.) and Andrew Small (Westerly, R.I.), 8-4 in No. 1 doubles. Regis' Matthew Smolko (Pelham, N.H.) and Mouhamed Diallo (Boston, Mass.) earned the second point of the day for the Pride with their 8-1 win over Chris McKeon (North Scituate, R.I.) and Randy Coons (Yonkers, N.Y.) at the third doubles position.
Mitchell grabbed its lone point of doubles play as Rajan Bawa (Basking Ridge, N.J.) and Alexander Fusco (Saugus, Mass.) won their No. 2 doubles match, 8-2, over Jeffrie Parrish (Framingham, Mass.) and Sophorn Nop (Lowell, Mass.).
The Pride won four of the six singles matches to take home the 6-3 victory. Jeffrie Parrish picked up a 6-4, 6-3 win over Andrew Small in No. 3 singles, while Smolko earned a 6-1, 6-1 victory at No. 5 singles with his win over Timothy Atkinson (Fall River, Mass.). Mitchell's Rocco Devona and Alexander Fusco earned wins at second and fourth singles, respectively, to make it a 4-3 score with two singles matches still being played.
Regis' Michael Beluch earned the fifth and deciding point at No. 1 singles over Rajan Bawa as the current NECC Rookie of the Week rebounded from a 6-4 setback in the opening set to win the second set 6-3 and win the tiebreaker, 6-4. Mouhamed Diallo picked up the sixth point of the day for Regis with his win in No. 6 singles that closed out the match.
The Crimson and Gold wrap up its current stretch of three matches in three days tomorrow afternoon as the Pride hosts Lesley University in an NECC bout at 4:30 p.m. Mitchell tries to bounce back on Thursday afternoon as the Mariners host Newbury College in a league match at 3:30 p.m.