BEVERLY, Mass. – Suffolk men's tennis dropped a Conference of New England (CNE) decision to Endicott, 6-1, Saturday afternoon at the South Campus Courts on the Gulls' campus. 

THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 1 | Endicott 6
RECORDS: Suffolk (1-4, 1-4 CNE) |Endicott (6-6, 4-0 CNE) 

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Endicott swept doubles play to bring a 1-0 lead into singles action. 
• The Gulls quickly locked up the match as they took courts five, six, three and four, in that order. 
• Christian Gardner managed to put the blue-and-gold on the board as he bested Ethan Hopman, 6-2, 6-2, in the second slot. 
• Abhi Patel and Drew Benprath needed a tiebreaker to decide the winner from court one, that ultimately ended Benprath's favor, 3-6, 6-1, 11-9, for the 6-1 final.  

RESULTS
DOUBLES
1 – Conrad Kadel/Aaron Terpko (Endicott) defeated Abhi Patel/Christian Gardner (Suffolk), 6-0
2 – Eric Scalici/Spencer Smith (Endicott) defeated Ishmam Amin/Franco Amadio (Suffolk), 6-1
3 – Greg Noroian/James Zeolie (Endicott) defeated Jason Yany/Gabriel Soave Suffolk), 6-1

SINGLES
1 – Drew Benprath (Endicott) defeated Abhi Patel (Suffolk), 3-6, 6-1, 11-9
2 – Christian Gardner (Suffolk) defeated Ethan Hopman (Endicott), 6-2, 6-2
3 – Eric Scalici (Endicott) defeated Ishmam Amin (Suffolk), 6-1, 6-0
4 – Aaron Terpko (Endicott) defeated Gabriel Soave (Suffolk), 6-0, 6-2
5 – Spencer Smith (Endicott) defeated Jason Yany (Suffolk), 6-1, 6-0
6 – Greg Noroian (Endicott) defeated Franco Amadio (Suffolk), 6-0, 6-0 

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

NOTEWORTHY

• Gardner is undefeated this season in singles action, 2-0. 

WHAT'S NEXT?
Suffolk takes its talents to the University of New England Tuesday, March 31 for a 3:00 p.m. CNE tangle.