Endicott men's tennis reaches CCC Semifinals with 5-1 win over Western New England
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BEVERLY, Mass. – After taking two out of
three doubles matches, the Endicott men’s tennis team won the
three, four, and five singles flights over Western New England to
advance into the Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) Semifinals
with a 5-1 victory.
The \#4 seeded Gulls (10-11) will meet the top seed in the
tournament, Nichols (15-3), on Wednesday, May 2nd at
3:00 pm in Dudley, Massachusetts. Western New England ended
their season 7-9 overall.
The \#1 and \#2 doubles teams for Endicott earned two out of a
possible three points at the end of doubles play. Juniors
Olivier Joggi (Stoneham, Mass.) and Jake
Cohen (Barrington, R.I.) won 8-0 at the top flight
followed by an 8-5 win by junior Benjamin Randlett
(Middlebury, Vt.) and freshman Eric Gandrup
(Sudbury, Mass.) at the \#2 position.
At \#3 doubles, Golden Bears senior JonPaul Ouellette
(Bethlehem, Conn.) teamed up with freshman Peter
Nassar (Longmeadow, Mass.) as they edged their Endicott
opponents 9-7 to take a point.
In singles play, all Endicott players won their first sets and
with the Gulls needing just three more points to secure the victory
they saw senior Porter Williams (Raleigh, N.C.),
Cohen, and freshman Tim Forance (Natick, Mass.) do
just that. Williams won in straight sets 6-4, 6-4 at \#3
singles followed by a 6-4, 6-1 win by Cohen at the two-spot and a
6-1, 6-0 triumph by Forance at six singles.
Endicott and Nichols faced off this past Wednesday in Beverly with
the Bison taking a 6-3 win on the road. These two teams met
in last year’s conference semifinals with Nichols beating
Endicott 5-2.