Men's Tennis

Gulls Victorious Over Gordon On Senior Day 5-4

Gordon College

Endicott

Doubles

Zach Hall / Mason Casady (GC)
def. Chris Kirkpatrick / Michael Dolph (EC)

8-5

Eric Pierce / Eric Gandrup (EC)
def. Michael D'Antuono / Peter Godwin (GC)

8-3

Michael Lauretano / Justin Warshavsky (EC)
def. Joe Daugherty / Dan Christensen (GC)

8-4

Singles

Zach Hall (GC)
def. Chris Kirkpatrick (EC)

FINAL - RETIREMENT

Mason Casady (GC)
def. Eric Pierce (EC)

6-3, 4-6, 6-2

Michael Dolph (EC)
def. Michael D'Antuono (GC)

6-3, 6-2

Peter Godwin (GC)
def. Michael Lauretano (EC)

2-6, 6-2, 6-1

Sean McAndrews (EC)
def. Joe Daugherty (GC)

7-5, 6-0

Nicholas Eherts (EC)
def. Dan Christensen (GC)

6-0, 6-1

full stats

Posted: Apr 25, 2015

BEVERLY, Mass.- Behind a strong doubles performance that gave the Gulls a 2-1 lead heading into singles play, the Endicott men's tennis team was able to hold off their cross-town rival Gordon and edge out a 5-4 win to finish regular season play. Endicott is now 10-6 on the season and 6-2 in Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) play while Gordon falls to 14-4 and 5-3 in CCC action. The conference office will be releasing the CCC Tournament seeding and schedule this evening at the conclusion of conference play.

The Gulls were able to claim a 2-1 lead following doubles after senior Eric Gandrup (Sudbury, Mass.) teamed with junior Eric Pierce (Barrington, R.I.) to take #2 doubles 8-3 before seniors Michael Lauretano (Winchester, Mass.) and Justin Warshavsky (East Hartford, Conn.) claimed an 8-4 win at #3 doubles. Endicott's Michael Dolph (Stratford, Conn.) and Christopher Kirkpatrick (Newburyport, Mass.) fell to Gordon's potent #1 doubles team of Zach Hall (Sugar Land, Texas) and Mason Casady (Santa Barbara, Calif.) by an 8-5 final.

With the slight edge heading into singles play, the Gulls and Fighting Scots would split the six matches 3-3 to give Endicott the 5-4 win. Nick Eherts (New Milford, Conn.) would earn the first singles victory, defeating Dan Christensen (Attleboro, Mass.) 6-0, 6-1 at #6 singles to put Endicott up 3-1.

Gordon would earn the next singles win as Hall would take a 6-4, 2-0 victory at #1 singles over Kirkpatrick as Endicott's freshman withdrew due to retirement.

Endicott responded quickly to grow the lead back to two as Dolph took down D'Antuono 6-3, 6-2 at #3 singles before sophomore Sean McAndrews (Vineyard Haven, Mass.) took momentum from a hard fought first set 7-5 to claim a 6-0 second set at #5 singles and give Endicott the advantage for good with a 5-2 lead.

Gordon would go on to claim wins at #4 singles and #2 singles as both were extended to three sets with Endicott coming up just short. At #4, Lauretano fell to Godwin 2-6, 6-2, 6-1 while Pierce fell to Casady 6-3, 4-6, 6-2 at #2.

With the win, Endicott is now 10-6 on the season and 6-2 in Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) play while Gordon falls to 14-4 and 5-3 in CCC action. The conference office will be releasing the CCC Tournament seeding and schedule this evening at the conclusion of conference play.