BOSTON, Mass. - The Saint Michael's College men's tennis team improved to 3-0 for the first time in 12 years by blanking 2019 NCAA Division III Tournament qualifier University of Massachusetts at Boston, 9-0, on Sunday at Boston College High School. The Purple Knights have outscored opponents 25-0 in their three matches.
RECORDS
- Saint Michael's (3-0), UMass Boston (1-1)
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS
- Sophomore Constantin Krogh (Oslo, Norway/Persbråten VGS), 2 wins
- Sophomore Michael Rosen (Andover, Mass./Andover/Saint Anselm), 2 wins
- First-year Jason Boucher (Bedford, N.H./Bedford), 2 wins
- First-year Connor Scott (Bellevue, Wash./Newport), 2 wins
- First-year Josh Weiss (Pittsford, N.Y./Pittsford Mendon), 2 wins
- Senior Matt Mosher (Fairfield, Conn./Fairfield Warde), 1 win
- First-year Seb Tonini (Derry, N.H./Pinkerton Academy), 1 win
MATCH FACTS
- Saint Michael's is 3-0 for the first time since 2007-08, when it began the year 5-0.
- The Purple Knights downed UMass Boston for the second straight season, accounting for the teams' lone two meetings.
- Saint Michael's has shut out three consecutive opponents for the first time since at least the mid-1990s, outscoring its competition 25-0 this fall.
- UMass Boston qualified for two of the past three NCAA Division III Tournaments, including last year thanks to winning the Little East Conference Tournament. The Beacons won the last three Little East regular-season titles.
- UMass Boston had its nine-match regular-season home winning streak come to an end.
THE ACTION
- With the teams playing by Division III rules, all nine decisions were worth a point.
- Each of the Purple Knights' doubles tandems made their debuts together.
- The duos of Krogh/Rosen and Mosher/Scott won their doubles matches by 8-1 finals at No. 2 and 3, respectively, to give the visitors a 2-0 lead.
- Boucher and Weiss sided for an 8-4 win in the top spot.
- Tonini finished off a 6-3, 6-2 victory at No. 5 singles against a Beacon senior who had been 12-3 the last two years.
- Boucher clinched the team triumph by securing a 6-2, 6-4 win at No. 3.
- Scott put together the match of the day for the Purple Knights, rallying from a one-set deficit for a 2-6, 6-2, 6-3 victory in his debut at No. 2 to down Beacon sophomore Nandish Shah, who not only was named 2019 Little East Player of the Year but had won 12 straight singles matches during dual play, including the first 11 as his team's No. 1 player last season. Shah had lost only two sets during those 12 victories. Scott had appeared in just one singles match so far this year, at No. 3.
- Weiss (6-1, 6-3), Rosen (6-1, 6-1) and Krogh (6-0, 6-4) won in straight sets at No. 1, 4 and 6, respectively.
NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S MATCH
- Saturday at Gordon College, 1:30 p.m.
