BEVERLY, Mass. - The Saint Michael's College men's tennis team opened the 2025-26 season by blanking Enicott College, 7-0, on Saturday at the South Tennis Courts.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (1-0), Endicott (0-1)

LEADERS

• Senior Julius van den Broek (Bergschenhoek, The Netherlands/Wolfert Lyceum), 2 wins
• Junior Viktor Boban (Zagreb, Croatia/Franjo Bucar/Frostburg State), 2 wins
• Junior Garrett Brooker (Charleston, S.C./Oceanside Collegiate Academy), 2 wins
• Sophomore Jamie Macpherson (Durham, United Kingdom/Framwellgate School Durham), 2 wins
• First-year Ferm Koppelmans (Veghel, The Netherlands/Udens College), 2 wins
• Senior Simon Lundholm (Le Luc, France/CNED), 1 win
• Sophomore Richard Lin (Fort Lauderdale, Fla./Cardinal Gibbons), 1 win

MATCH FACTS

• Boban, Koppelmans and Lin all won during their debuts in Purple and Gold. Boban is a transfer, and Lin missed the 2024-25 season due to injury.
• The Purple Knights improved to 3-1 in the all-time series.

THE ACTION

• Macpherson and van den Broek opened doubles play with a 6-2 victory at No. 2 in their debut together before Koppelmans and Lin finished off a 6-1 win in the third spot during each player's college debut.
• Boban and Brooker completed the sweep behind a 6-2 win at No. 1.
• Boban was victorious by a 6-2, 6-1 count at No. 2 singles, and Brooker made it 3-0 while dropping only a single game in the third spot.
• Van den Broek overcame a 3-0 deficit in his opening set at No. 1 during a 7-5, 7-5 win that clinched the team victory.
• Macpherson added a 6-0, 6-0 win in the fourth position, Koppelmans picked up a 6-1, 6-1 win in the fifth spot, and Lundholm rounded out the competition with a 6-2, 6-2 win at No. 6.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S MATCH

• Wednesday at Colby-Sawyer College, 3 p.m.