SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — The Endicott men's tennis team defeated Western New England (WNE), 8-1, in conference action at the Blunk Park Tennis Courts on Tuesday afternoon.
The Gulls swept all three doubles and carried that momentum into singles play.
No. 2 Spencer Smith (Albany, N.Y.) / Aaron Terpko (Shrewsbury, Mass.) submitted an 8-3 win, while Matt Mittleman (Loudonville, N.Y) / Patrick Johnson (Beverly, Mass.) produced an 8-4 victory at No. 3.
Meanwhile, the Gulls top pairing of Hudson De Risi (Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.) / Oliver Pope (South Dartmouth, Mass.) turned in a hard-fought 8-7 (7-4) win.
In singles, Pope (No. 4, 6-0, 6-2), Antonio Marsallo (Baldwinsville, N.Y.) (No. 2, 6-1, 6-1), George Danes (Old Lyme, Conn.) (No. 3, 6-0, 6-3), James Zeolie (Amherst, N.H.) (No. 6, 6-3, 6-3), Conrad Kadel (Heidelberg, Germany) (No. 1, 6-7 (4-7), 6-3, 11-9) all collected triumphs this afternoon.
TOP QUOTE
"We did well today, and kept a solid level after a long car ride", said Endicott men's tennis head coach Anthony D'Angelo. "There are a few things we can clean up, but the boys are putting a lot of positive days together."
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE
- Zeolie earned his first singles win of the season.
- Mittleman / Johnson tallied their first victory as a doubles pairing.
- The duo of Smith and Terpko generated its third doubles win of 2023-24.
- Marsallo leads the team with six singles triumphs.
WHAT'S NEXT
Endicott (5-7, 1-2 CCC) hosts Clark tomorrow at 3:30 PM. Western New England (2-6, 1-3 CCC) takes on Nichols on Saturday, April 13 at 12:00 PM.
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(Photo Credit - Mikey Santiago '27)
