Endicott tennis takes doubles but Roger Williams rallies to win 5-4

Rob Palardy, Sports Information Director

BEVERLY, Mass. – The Endicott men's tennis team fought hard to win two out of three doubles matches in a CCC showdown with Roger Williams at home, but the Hawks responded by claiming victories in four of six singles matches to beat the Gulls 5-4 on Tuesday afternoon.
 
Endicott (5-8, 1-2 CCC) nearly went up 3-0 after doubles action but in the top flight between Gulls duo Olivier Joggi (Stoneham, Mass.)/Jake Cohen (Barrington, R.I.) and Jason Pacino (North Reading, Mass.)/Ryan Swanson (West Newbury, Mass.) from Roger Williams, the Hawks battled to win a tiebreaker 9-8 (7-3). 
 
The Endicott two and three doubles combinations put the home team ahead 2-1 heading into singles play.  Junior Benjamin Randlett (Middlebury, Vt.) and freshman Eric Gandrup (Sudbury, Mass.) won 8-5 at the #2 spot while senior Porter Williams (Raleigh, N.C.) and freshman Mike Lauretano (Winchester, Mass.) cruised to an 8-1 win at the third position. 
 
In singles play, the Hawks earned wins at the two, three, five and six flights while taking tough losses that included first set tiebreakers in the one and four matches.  Joggi and Cohen each had to win tiebreakers in their first sets before finishing off their Roger Williams opponents to earn points.
 
Roger Wiliams (4-5, 1-1 CCC) saw #2 player Zach Bussiere (Colchester, Conn.), #3 Ryan Swanson, #5 Taylor Webster (Bristol, Conn.) and #6 Jonathan Chandler (East Falmouth, Maine) all win in straight sets over Endicott.
 
Endicott visits Gordon on Saturday, April 7^th for a noon match with the Scots while Roger Williams travels to Western New England on Friday afternoon for a 3:30 pm conference match.