BEVERLY, Mass. - Eight different players picked up victories as the Saint Michael's College men's tennis team downed Emerson College, 6-1, on Sunday at Bass River Tennis Club.
RECORDS
- Saint Michael's (5-1), Emerson (2-2)
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS
- Sophomore Michael Rosen (Andover, Mass./Andover/Saint Anselm), 2 wins
- First-year Jason Boucher (Bedford, N.H./Bedford), 2 wins
- First-year Josh Weiss (Pittsford, N.Y./Pittsford Mendon), 2 wins
MATCH FACTS
- The Purple Knights earned their third victory this season against a team they lost to in 2018-19, having suffered a 4-3 setback to the Lions.
- Eight different players picked up at least one win.
- Saint Michael's is 4-1 away from home this year after taking four road victories the previous five years combined.
THE ACTION
- The Purple Knights' doubles teams combined to lose only seven games en route to nabbing the doubles point for the match and a 1-0 Saint Michael's lead.
- The tandems of Boucher/first-year Connor Scott (Bellevue, Wash./Newport) and Weiss/senior Matt Mosher (Fairfield, Conn./Fairfield Warde) both corralled 6-2 victories, in the No. 1 and 2 positions, respectively. Boucher and Scott moved to 5-2 this season.
- Rosen and sophomore Constantin Krogh (Oslo, Norway/Persbråten VGS) picked up a 6-3 win in the third spot to finish off the doubles sweep.
- Rosen made it 2-0 by earning a 6-1, 6-1 singles win from No. 4.
- Boucher pulled off a stunning comeback in a third-set tiebreaker in the third spot, rallying for a 6-2, 3-6, 11-9 victory after trailing 8-2 in the tiebreaker, with his opponent needing only two points to win.
- Weiss clinched the team win with a 2-6, 6-0, 10-8 triumph at No. 2 after trailing 8-7 in the tiebreaker before securing the final three points.
- Scott suffered the Purple Knights' lone loss, taking a close 7-6 (7-5), 7-6 (7-2) setback in the first spot to the defending New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Rookie of the Year.
- With their team up 4-1, first-year Seb Tonini (Derry, N.H./Pinkerton Academy) and sophomore Ivan Llona (Shelburne, Vt./Champlain Valley Union) earned wins in succession to complete the match. Tonini won 6-3, 6-0 at No. 5 before Llona captured a 6-2, 6-2 victory in the sixth spot.
NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S MATCH
- Thursday at Saint Lawrence University, 1:30 p.m.
