Gulls Fall to CCC Foe Nichols on the Road

DUDLEY, Mass. – The Endicott men’s tennis team traveled to Nichols on Saturday afternoon for a Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) matchup. Despite some strong doubles play the Gulls fell to the reigning CCC champions 9-0. Endicott falls to 7-6 (3-2 CCC) while the Bison improve to 14-5 (6-1 CCC).

April 18, 2015

Team Stats

Game Statistics	Endicott	Nichols
Score	0	9

Doubles

Brandon Roode / Austin DuBois def. Chris Kirkpatrick / Michael Dolph 8-2
James Smith / Josh Halpern def. Eric Pierce / Eric Gandrup 8-5
Joan Castillo / Cam Lewis def. Michael Lauretano / Justin Warshavsky 8-3

Singles

Brandon Roode def. Chris Kirkpatrick 6-1 , 6-2
James Smith def. Eric Pierce 6-3 , 6-2
Joan Castillo def. Michael Dolph 6-4 , 7-6 (7-4)
Josh Halpern def. Michael Lauretano 6-0 , 6-1
Jake Zapatka def. Sean McAndrews 6-1 , 6-3
Austin DuBois def. Nicholas Eherts 6-2 , 6-2

DUDLEY, Mass. – The Endicott men's tennis team traveled to Nichols on Saturday afternoon for a Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) matchup. Despite some strong doubles play the Gulls fell to the reigning CCC champions 9-0. Endicott falls to 7-6 (3-2 CCC) while the Bison improve to 14-5 (6-1 CCC).

Endicott will take the courts next on Tuesday, April 21^st as they travel to Eastern Nazarene for their final road match of the regular season. The Gulls will wrap up the regular season as they host Salve Regina on Wednesday April 22^nd and Gordon on Saturday, April 25^th. The Bison will play just one more match on the regular season as they travel to Western New England on Wednesday for a 3:30 p.m. first serve.

In doubles action, senior Erin Gandrup (Sudbury, Mass.) and junior Eric Pierce (Barrington, R.I.) played the biggest battle as they fell to counterparts, sophomore James Smith (Monte Sereno, Calif.) and junior John Halpern (Secaucus, N.J.) 8-5 in the #2 slot. Senior Michael Lauretano (Winchester, Mass.) and Justin Warshavsky (East Hartford, Conn.) fell in a tough 8-4 decision at the #3 slot while freshman Christopher Kirkpatrick (Newburyport, Mass.) and junior Michael Dolph (Stratford, Conn.) fell 8-2.

In singles play, Dolph played the longest match of the day taking a tough 6-4, 7-6 (7-5) tie-breaker loss to sophomore Joan Castillo (Santa Domingo, Dominican Republic). The Bison were able to control singles play after taking the 3-0 lead in doubles to secure the 9-0 victory with six singles victories.