Gordon Sweeps Men’s Tennis in Season Opener

Gordon Sweeps Men’s Tennis in Season Opener

WENHAM, Mass. – Suffolk men's tennis saw its season opener and Commonwealth Coast Conference debut spoiled as Gordon shutout the Rams, 9-0, Friday at the Brigham Athletic Complex.  

THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 0 | Gordon 9
RECORDS: Suffolk (0-1, 0-1 CCC) | Gordon (6-4, 1-0 CCC)  

RESULTS
SINGLES
1 – Jeffrey Bodner (Gordon) defeated Mehdi Mered (Suffolk), 6-0, 6-2
2 – Joshua Noel (Gordon) defeated Daniel Dayn (Suffolk), 6-2, 6-3
3 – Carleton Riester (Gordon) defeated Hasan Esrawi (Suffolk), 6-2, 6-2
4 - Lucas Barnes (Gordon) defeated Diego Hernandez-Pons (Suffolk), 6-0, 6-3
5 – James Wellborn (Gordon) defeated Mikhail Reilly (Suffolk), 6-3, 6-0
6 – John Marineau (Gordon) defeated Milind Kulkarni (Suffolk), 6-0, 6-0

DOUBLES
1 – Joshua Noel/Carleton Riester (Gordon) defeated Hasan Esrawi/Daniel Dayn (Suffolk), 8-3
2 – Jeffrey Bodner/Lucas Barnes (Gordon) defeated Diego Hernandez-Pons/Mehdi Mered (Suffolk), 8-2
3 – John Marineau/James Wellborn (Gordon) defeated Zach Dobbs/Mikhail Reilly (Suffolk), 8-2 

NOTEWORTHY

  • Dayn, Dobbs, Mered and Reilly all made their debuts. 
  • Suffolk moved to 5-8 in the first match of the season since 2009. 
  • The Rams are now 4-5 versus Gordon dating back to 2003. 
  • The blue-and-gold moved to 1-1 in CCC openers.  

WHAT'S NEXT?
Suffolk heads to Salve Regina Wednesday, March 29 for a 3:30 p.m. conference clash.