Men's Tennis Season Opens with 7-2 Win over Springfield

BEVERLY, Mass. – The Endicott men’s tennis team opened their 2014-15 season with a 7-2 win over NEWMAC opponent Springfield on Monday afternoon by taking a 2-1 lead after doubles play and converting the first three singles matches into points to secure the team victory. The Gulls lineup featured a few new faces including freshmen Chris Kirkpatrick (Newburyport, Mass.) and Nicholas Eherts (New Milford, Conn.) as well as junior Eric Pierce (Barrington, R.I.) who all secured singles wins.

September 29, 2014

Team Stats

Game Statistics	Springfield College	Endicott
Score	2	7

Doubles

Tanner DeVarennes / Justin Danielewicz def. Chris Kirkpatrick / Michael Dolph 9-7
Eric Pierce / Sean McAndrews def. Kyle Beynor / Joshua Robinson 8-6
Nicholas Eherts / Matthew Doherty def. Cameron Grant / Nate Weissman 8-5

Singles

Chris Kirkpatrick def. Tanner DeVarennes 7-5 , 2-6 , 1-0 (10-5)
Justin Danielewicz def. Michael Dolph 6-2 , 7-5
Eric Pierce def. Kyle Beynor 6-1 , 6-1
Sean McAndrews def. Cameron Grant 6-2 , 6-2
Justin Warshavsky def. Joshua Robinson 6-4 , 6-7 (7-9) , 1-0 (10-5)
Nicholas Eherts def. Chris Unger 6-3 , 6-0

BEVERLY, Mass. – The Endicott men's tennis team opened their 2014-15 season with a 7-2 win over NEWMAC opponent Springfield on Monday afternoon by taking a 2-1 lead after doubles play and converting the first three singles matches into points to secure the team victory. The Gulls lineup featured a few new faces including freshmen Chris Kirkpatrick (Newburyport, Mass.) and Nicholas Eherts (New Milford, Conn.) as well as junior Eric Pierce (Barrington, R.I.) who all secured singles wins.

Endicott's (1-0) next match will be on Saturday, October 4^th at 1:00 pm at NCAA Division II member Stonehill College. Springfield (0-2) continues their tour of CCC opponents with a home match against Western New England starting at 4:00 pm.

All three doubles matches between the Gulls and Pride were highly-contested with Endicott coming out on top in two out of the three flights. Egerts and fellow freshman Matthew Doherty (Plymouth, Mass.) wrapped up their #3 doubles match by a score of 8-5. Pierce and sophomore Sean McAndrews (Vineyard Haven, Mass.) edged their Pride opponents 8-6 at the #2 doubles position to help Endicott take a 2-0 lead.

Springfield would get a point before singles play began as sophomores Justin Danielwicz (Portland, Conn.) and Tanner DeVarennes (Lee, Mass.) fought off Endicott's #1 doubles duo of Kirkpatrick and junior Michael Dolph (Stratford, Conn.) 9-7.

Endicott would capture the first three singles flights thanks to straight-set wins by Eherts (6-3, 6-0 at #6 singles), Pierce (6-1, 6-1 at #3 singles), and McAndrews (6-2, 6-2 at #4 singles). Springfield's Danielwicz took down Dolph at #2 singles 6-2, 7-5 to cut down Endicott's lead to 5-2.

The final two singles matches needed three sets to decide a winner as Kirkpatrick won 7-5, 2-6, 1-0 (10-5) at #1 singles and senior captain Justin Warshavsky (East Hartford, Conn.) battled Springfield junior Joshua Robinson (Southold, N.Y.) to a 6-4, 6-7 (7-9), 1-0 (10-5) triumph at the #5 singles position.