Salve Regina Stops Men’s Tennis, 8-1

NEWPORT, R.I. – Suffolk men's tennis fell to Salve Regina, 8-1, in Commonwealth Coast Conference action Wednesday at the Leroy Avenue Courts.  

THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 1 | Salve Regina 7
RECORDS: Suffolk (0-2, 0-2 CCC) | Salve Regina (2-1, 1-0 CCC)  

HOW IT HAPPENED
Suffolk fell behind 0-3 as Salve Regina swept doubles play. The Seahawks flew to the conference victory as they won singles courts six, one, two , three and five, in that order. 

With the match already clinched for SRU, Diego Hernandez-Pons defeated Jake Foulise from the fourth position to eliminate the shutout and put the Rams on the board for the 8-1 final.  

THE RESULTS
SINGLES
1 – Sam Middleton (Salve Regina) defeated Mehdi Mered (Suffolk), 6-1, 6-1
2 – Alex Colon (Salve Regina) defeated Daniel Dayn (Suffolk), 6-1, 6-2
3 – Ned Barstone (Salve Regina) defeated Hasan Esrawi (Suffolk), 6-1, 6-1
4 – Diego Hernandez-Pons (Suffolk) defeated Jake Foulise (Salve Regina), 6-4, 6-4
5 – Jack Cooper (Salve Regina) defeated Mikhail Reilly (Suffolk), 6-4, 6-2
6 – Sam Johnson (Salve Regina) defeated Milind Kulkarni (Suffolk), 6-0, 6-1

DOUBLES
1 – Sam Middleton/Jake Foulise (Salve Regina) defeated Hasan Esrawi/Daniel Dayn (Suffolk), 8-3
2 – Alex Colon/Ned Barstone (Salve Regina) defeated Mehdi Mered/Diego Hernandez-Pons (Suffolk), 8-2
3 – Jack Cooper/Josh Kamp (Salve Regina) defeated Mikhail Reilly/Zach Dobbs (Suffolk), 8-3

ORDER OF FINISH: Singles (6, 1, 2, 3, 5, 4) | Doubles (2, 1, 3) 

WHAT'S NEXT?
Suffolk concludes its March calendar at Bridgewater State tomorrow, Thursday, March 30 at 3:30 p.m.