Men's Tennis Falls to Nichols

DUDLEY, Mass. – The Nichols College men's tennis team defeated Anna Maria College 8-1 Wednesday night in non-conference action at the Pomfret Tennis Courts.

The No. 2 and No. 3 teams both won 8-0. Senior Dan Roman (Tolland, Conn.) and freshman Dan Sullivan (Burlington, Mass.) defeated freshman Tyler Crabb (Wareham, Mass.) and senior Eric Boll (Millbury, Mass.) at No. 2 doubles while freshman Jake Zapatka (Wethersfield, Conn.) and junior Cam Lewis (Bolton, Mass.) got the best of sopohomore Tim Patenaude (Monson, Mass.) and junior George Kirtsy (Holden, Mass.) at No. 3 doubles.

Freshman James Smith (Monte Sereno, Calif.) and sophomore Josh Halpern (Secaucus, N.J.) played a back-and-forth match with sophomore Dillon George (Holden, Mass.) and junior Calvin Weeks (Glen Ellyn, Ill.) at No. 1 doubles before coming away with the vicory 8-5.

Nichols (13-1) won each of the singles matches in straight sets. Zapatka and George had a very even match at No. 1 singles with Zapatka ultimately coming away with the win 6-4, 6-3.

Junior Bradley Minton (Dudley, Mass.) and Lewis both won their singles matches 6-0, 6-0. Minton took down Boll at No. 6 singles while Lewis defeated Patenaude at No. 3 singles.

At No. 2 singles Roman defeated Weeks 6-0, 6-1 and sophomore Joseph Beasley (Eastham, Mass.) beat Kiritsy 6-4, 6-2 at No. 4 singles.

The AMCAT's lone win of the day came at No. 5 singles when Crabb defeated freshman Nathan Alexander (East Hartford, Conn.) 6-3, 6-4.

The Bison travel to take on the Coast Guard Academy on Friday at 4:00 p.m. The AMCATS travel to take on Becker College tomorrow at 3:00 p.m.