MTennis Shuts Out Albertus Magnus
NEW LONDON, Conn. – The Mitchell College men's tennis team blanked Albertus Magnus College by a final of 9-0 on Thursday afternoon at the Mitchell Tennis Courts.
The Mariners (5-2 overall) picked up their second win over the Falcons (0-7 overall) this season and have now won three straight matches. Mitchell earned points with walkover wins at No. 3 doubles and No. 6 singles and went on to sweep two doubles matches and the five remaining singles points.
Junior Kyle Carmona defeated Marcus Artaiz at No. 1 singles by a final of 6-2, 6-2. He also teamed with sophomore Rocco Devona to win 8-1 over Artaiz and Tim Gabbard at No. 1 doubles.
Devona and Gabbard battled at No. 2 singles, each taking a set before the match was decided by a super tiebreaker in lieu of a third set. Devona won the tiebreaker 10-4 to earn the point for the Mariners.
The rest of the Mitchell squad breezed to victories in singles. Junior Tyler Engleberg, senior Adam Samuels and junior Andrew Small each posted 6-0, 6-0 wins at the No. 3, 4 and 5 spots, respectively.
Mitchell returns to conference play at Wheelock College on Saturday, April 16 at noon.