BELMONT, Mass. – Suffolk men's tennis fell to Hartford, 5-2, in Conference of New England (CNE) in its home opener Wednesday night at Belmont Hill.  

THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 2 | Hartford 5
RECORDS: Suffolk (1-6, 1-6 CNE) | Hartford (2-11, 2-6 CNE)  

THE RESULTS
DOUBLES
1 – Max Poss/Jake Short (Hartford) defeated Christian Gardner/Gabriel Soave (Suffolk), 6-3
2 – Anthony Pomares/Yande Simunyola (Hartford) defeated Abhi Patel/Jason Yany (Suffolk), 6-3
3 – Jared DeGruttola/Eli Benoit (Hartford) defeated Ishmam Amin/Josha Clamens (Suffolk), 6-4 

SINGLES
1 – Max Poss (Hartford) defeated Abhi Patel (Suffolk), 6-4, 6-4
2 – Christian Gardner (Suffolk) defeated Jake Short (Hartford), 6-0, 6-4
3 – Yande Simunyola (Hartford) defeated Gabriel Soave (Suffolk), 6-1, 6-0
4 – Anthony Pomares (Hartford) defeated Ishmam Amin (Suffolk), 6-4, 6-1
5 – Jason Yany (Suffolk) defeated Eli Benoit (Hartford), 6-1, 6-1)
6 – Jared DeGruttola (Hartford) defeated Anders Ovren (Suffolk), 6-0, 6-0

RESULTS: Doubles (1, 2, 3) | Singles (3, 2, 1, 4, 5, 6) 

NOTEWORTHY

• Suffolk and Hartford played for the first time. 
• Gardner remains unbeaten in singles action this season, 4-0.
• Yany picked up his first singles win of the year.  

WHAT'S NEXT?
The Rams head to Biddeford, Maine Thursday, April 9 for a CNE tilt at 3:00 p.m.