NASHUA, N.H. - Eight Saint Michael's College men's tennis players won for the second consecutive match during an 8-1 victory over Endicott College on Friday at the Longfellow New Hampshire Tennis & Swim Club.
RECORDS
- Saint Michael's (6-1), Endicott (0-4)
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS
- Sophomore Constantin Krogh (Oslo, Norway/Persbråten VGS), 2 wins
- First-year Connor Scott (Bellevue, Wash./Newport), 2 wins
- First-year Seb Tonini (Derry, N.H./Pinkerton Academy), 2 wins
- First-year Matt Costanza (Hopedale, Mass./Hopedale), 1 win (first career)
MATCH FACTS
- Saint Michael's is 6-1 for the first time since at least the early 1990s.
- The Purple Knights earned their fourth victory this season against a team they lost to in 2018-19, having suffered a 5-2 setback to the Gulls last year.
- Eight different players picked up at least one win for the second consecutive match.
- Saint Michael's is 5-1 away from home this year after taking five road victories the previous six seasons combined.
- The Purple and Gold improved to 2-1 all-time against Endicott, winning for the first time since Sept. 17, 2011.
THE ACTION
- The Purple Knights swept doubles, yielding a total of nine games. Tonini and senior Matt Mosher (Fairfield, Conn./Fairfield Warde) sided for an opening 8-1 victory at No. 3 before Scott and first-year Jason Boucher (Bedford, N.H./Bedford) capped a comeback from down 4-1 with the final seven games at No. 1 to claim an 8-4 win.
- Krogh and sophomore Michael Rosen (Andover, Mass./Andover/Saint Anselm) finished off the doubles shutout with an 8-4 triumph in the second position.
- Costanza registered the first singles or doubles victory of his career during a contest at No. 6 singles, taking a 6-0, 6-2 decision to put Saint Michael's up 4-0.
- Scott clinched the team win by rallying from a 5-0 first-set deficit from the top spot, claiming 13 of the final 14 games for a 7-5, 6-1 victory.
- First-year Josh Weiss (Pittsford, N.Y./Pittsford Mendon) led 6-4, 2-0 at No. 2 when his opponent retired, Krogh corralled a 6-1, 6-3 win from the fourth spot, and Tonini added a 6-3, 6-2 victory at No. 3.
- Sophomore Ivan Llona (Shelburne, Vt./Champlain Valley Union) had the most competitive match of the day in the fifth position, nabbing the opening set before losing a 6-7 (2-7), 6-4, 10-8 decision to end the contest.
NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S MATCH
- Tuesday vs. regionally-ranked Franklin Pierce University, 3:30 p.m.
- Saint Michael's begins its Northeast-10 Conference schedule.
- The Ravens are eighth in the latest Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) East Region poll.