Gulls Victorious Over Gordon On Senior Day 5-4

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.

April 25, 2015

Team Stats

Game Statistics	Gordon College	Endicott
Score	4	5

Doubles

Zach Hall / Mason Casady def. Chris Kirkpatrick / Michael Dolph 8-5
Eric Pierce / Eric Gandrup def. Michael D'Antuono / Peter Godwin 8-3
Michael Lauretano / Justin Warshavsky def. Joe Daugherty / Dan Christensen 8-4

Singles

Zach Hall def. Chris Kirkpatrick FINAL - RETIREMENT
Mason Casady def. Eric Pierce 6-3 , 4-6 , 6-2
Michael Dolph def. Michael D'Antuono 6-3 , 6-2
Peter Godwin def. Michael Lauretano 2-6 , 6-2 , 6-1
Sean McAndrews def. Joe Daugherty 7-5 , 6-0
Nicholas Eherts def. Dan Christensen 6-0 , 6-1

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.