Men’s Tennis Defeats Norwich, 8-1
The Suffolk men’s tennis team found itself in the GNAC win column in its regular season conference close as the Rams rolled past Norwich, 8-1, Saturday afternoon at the Sabine Tennis Courts.
NORTHFIELD, Vt. –The Suffolk men's tennis team found itself in the GNAC win column in its regular season conference close as the Rams rolled past Norwich, 8-1, Saturday afternoon at the Sabine Tennis Courts.
THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 8, Norwich 1
RECORDS: Suffolk (6-6, 1-2 GNAC) | Norwich (4-4, 0-2 GNAC)
HOW IT HAPPENED
Suffolk swept doubles action in order to grab a 3-0 lead. Ariel Ilarslan Russo and Omar Azzaoui teamed up for an 8-5 victory over Dylan Ackerman and Alexi Gilmore on court one before Mike DeFelice and Chris Parnagian downed Sam Beiter and Trip Wilson in the second slot, 9-7. Rami Esrawi and Kevin Greenman defeated Timothy Birnbaum and Noah Stillman in a super tiebreaker, 9-8 (7-4) to secure the doubles court sweep for Suffolk.
As the match slid into singles play, Ilarslan Russo and Parnagian put back-to-back singles victories together to clinch the match for the Rams. Ilarslan Russo kept his perfect singles ledger together as the rookie bested Ackerman, 6-4, 6-2. Parnagian's 6-2, 6-2 triumph over Birnbaum in the fourth position won the match for the blue-and-gold.
Norwich earned its only point of the afternoon in the second slot and it was all Suffolk from there with DeFelice, Esrawi and Greenman all collecting single victories for the 8-1 margin.
NOTEWORTHY
- Ilarslan Russo improved to 8-0 on the year exclusively as Suffolk's ace.
RESULTS
SINGLES
1 – Ariel Ilaslan Russo (Suffolk) defeated Dylan Ackerman (Norwich), 6-4, 6-2
2 – Alexi Gilmore (Norwich) defeated Omar Azzaoui (Suffolk), 6-2, 5-7,7-6 (8-6)
3 – Mike DeFelice (Suffolk) defeated Sam Beiter (Norwich), 6-3, 3-6, 10-2
4 – Chris Parnagian (Suffolk) defeated Timothy Birnbuam (Norwich), 6-2, 6-2
5 – Rami Esrawi (Suffolk) defeated Tripp Wilson (Norwich), 6-3 6-2
6 – Kevin Greenman (Suffolk) defeated Abbie Barker (Norwich), 9-7
DOUBLES
1 – Ariel Ilarslan Russo/Omar Azzaoui (Suffolk) defeated Dylan Ackerman/Alexi Gilmore (Norwich), 8-5
2 – Mike DeFelice/Chris Parnagian (Suffolk) defeated Sam Beiter/Tripp Wilson (Norwich), 9-7
3 – Rami Esrawi/Kevin Greenman (Suffolk) defeated Timohty Birnbaum/Noah Stillman (Norwich), 9-8 (7-4)
ORDER OF FINISH(D) 1, 2, 3 (S) 1, 4, 2, 3, 5, 6
COMING UP
Suffolk concludes the regular season Thursday, April 26 versus Rhode Island College. First serve is set for 6:00 p.m. at North Reading High School.