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Gulls cruise in regular season finale

Gulls cruise in regular season finale
BEVERLY, Mass. – The Endicott College men’s tennis team picked up a 9-0 sweep over visiting Regis College in The Commonwealth Coast Conference action on Saturday afternoon in Beverly, Mass. With the win, the Gulls improve to 9-8 overall and 6-5 in the TCCC while Regis drops to 0-11 this season. \#Dan Murray\# (Coventry, R.I.) improved to 12-5 in No. 1 singles and 12-5 in No. 1 doubles with \#Devon Locke\# (St. Croix, Virgin Islands).

In doubles play, Murray and Locke picked up an 8-1 win at No. 1 doubles over Matt Smolko (Pelham, N.H.) and Josh Fidalgo (Dorchester, Mass.). EC’s \#Jake Cohen\# (Barrington, R.I.) and \#Justin Nguyen\# (Shelton, Conn.) grabbed the second point of the day for Endicott with an 8-0 win over Sophorn Nop (Lowell, Mass.) and Mouhamed Diallo (Boston, Mass.). The Gulls took a 3-0 lead after Regis was forced to forfeit the final doubles flight.

Endicott continued to roll in singles play as Murray handed Smolko a straight-set, 6-0, 6-0, setback at No. 1 singles. \#Porter Williams\# (Norwalk, Conn.) posted the same score in his No. 2 singles win over Nop while senior \#Scott Kitchen\# (Norwell, Mass.) notched a 6-2, 6-3 win over Fidalgo at No. 3 singles. \#Olivier Joggi\# (Stoneham, Mass.) and \#Holden Babcock\# (Millbrook, N.Y.) grabbed the other two points for the Gulls with their wins at No. 4 and No. 5 singles, respectively. Regis was forced to forfeit the No. 6 singles position, allowing Endicott to grab the 9-0 victory.

The Blue and Green return to action on April 27th when the TCCC Quarterfinals begin with first round matchups being announced later on Saturday night. Regis completes its first season of TCCC competition with an 0-11 record.