Men's Tennis Hands Becker 8-1 Loss
WATERFORD, Conn. – The Mitchell College men’s tennis
team captured an 8-1 victory over Becker College on Saturday
afternoon at Leary Park.
Mitchell (5-0 overall, 3-0 NECC) won two of three doubles matches
to take an early 2-1 advantage. The team of Kyle
Carmona and Rocco Devona won 8-2 at No. 1 doubles while Chris White and Adam
Samuels captured an 8-3 victory at the No. 3 position. Becker
(2-3 overall, 2-2 NECC) took the No. 2 singles match by an 8-5
final thanks to the duo of Snjezan Telebak and Jake Gilbert.
The Mariners sealed the victory by sweeping all six singles matches
in straight sets. The closest contests came at the No. 5 and 6
spots, where Samuels defeated Tim Howard (6-2, 7-5) and Alamin
Ripon took down Branden Parkhouse (7-6, 6-1).
Mitchell returns to action at home against Albertus Magnus College
on Monday, April 12 at 3:30 p.m.