April 14, 2009
BEVERLY, Mass. - The Endicott College men's tennis team won a crucial TCCC matchup with Colby-Sawyer College as the Gulls defeated the Chargers, 6-3, on Tuesday to remain in a second-place tie with Salve Regina University. The Gulls improve to 9-5 overall and 6-2 in the TCCC while Colby-Sawyer falls to 5-3 in conference and dips below .500 at 7-8 overall.
The Gulls started the day strong as Endicott was able to take two-of-three doubles matches. Colby-Sawyer's Hart Callahan (Malvern, Pa.) and Ben Taylor (Derry, N.H.) combined to take down Endicott's Josh Schoen (Phoenix, Az.) and Scott Teller (Granville, N.Y.) in number one doubles, 8-1. Endicott would rebound and take the final two matchups of the day as Mike D'Ambra (Barrington, R.I.) and Devon Locke (St. Croix, Virgin Islands) won in number two singles against Robert Barnes (Wayland, Mass.) and Jamie Thormann, (Northeast Harbor, Maine) 8-2. Dan Murray (Coventry, R.I.) and Marc Maloney (Feeding Hills, Mass.) took down the Chargers' Ben Dabush (Weston, Conn.) and Evan Campbell (White River Junction, Vt.) to give the Gulls an early 2-1 lead on the day.
Endicott took control in singles as Schoen, Murray, and Locke all won their matchups at first, second, and third singles, respectively. Schoen defeated Callahan, 6-4, 7-6 (7-5), while Dan Murray cruised to a win at No. 2 singles over Ben Dabush by matching sets of 6-2. Devon Locke would down Ben Taylor in number three singles, 6-1, 6-2. Colby-Sawyer would salvage a pair of wins in fourth and fifth singles as Bryan Racz (Stratton, Vt.) defeated D'Ambra (6-3, 6-0) and Evan Campbell beat Endicott's Scott Teller, 6-2, 6-2. The Gulls would pick up one more win in No. 6 singles as Gabriel Moraga (Marlborough, Conn.) defeated Chris Lavoie, (Gorham, Maine) 6-4, 6-3, to secure the Endicott win at 6-3.
The Blue and Green return to action on Thursday as the Gulls travel to cross-town rival Gordon College for their regular season finale at 4:00 p.m. Colby-Sawyer will face off against Wentworth in their final regular season tune-up, scheduled for 4:00 p.m.
