CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The Suffolk men's tennis team fell in its season opener 8-1 to Wentworth Thursday night at Buckingham, Browne & Nichols.  

THE BASICS 
SCORE: Suffolk 1, Wentworth 8
RECORDS: Suffolk (0-1) | Wentworth (1-0)

HOW IT HAPPENED 
The Leopards took an early lead, sweeping the Rams though the first three sets of doubles play.

As the match transitioned to singles play the Leopards gained match point with a win in the sixth slot before, Chris Parnagian got the Rams on the board with a 6-2, 6-4 victory over Jarrett North in the second spot. Suffolk, however, was unable to get any closer as Wentworth went on to take the following four courts for the final 8-1 margin. 

RESULTS

SINGLES 
1 – Tyler Hall (Wentworth) defeated Mike DeFelice (Suffolk) 4-6, 6-0, 6-3
2 – Chris Parnagian (Suffolk) defeated Jarrett North (Wentworth) 6-2, 6-4
3 – Alex Mularski (Wentworth) defeated Rami Esrawi (Suffolk) 6-2, 7-5
4 – Tristan Maus (Wentworth) defeated Ben Bricker (Suffolk) 6-3, 1-6, 10-5
5 – Harrison Maki (Wentworth) defeated Davis Alimonte (Suffolk) 3-6, 6-4, 10-7
6 – Rahul Bahl (Wentworth) defeated Charles Tang (Suffolk) 7-6, 6-2

DOUBLES 
1 – Tyler Hall/Alex Mularski (Wentworth) defeated Mike DeFelice/Rami Eswari (Suffolk) 8-3
2 – Tristan Maus/Harrison Maki (Wentworth) defeated Chris Parnagian/Davis Alimonte (Suffolk) 8-5
3 – Mun Chet/Jarrett North (Wentworth) defeated David Gruijic/Hasan Esrawi (Suffolk) 8-5

ORDER OF FINISH: Singles (6,2,3,1,4,5), Doubles (2,1,3)

NOTEWORTHY 

• Suffolk met Wentworth in its season opener for the fifth time in five years and the second time since 2016. 

COMING UP
The Rams, who opened up their season tonight, also opened up a three match homestand. Suffolk is back in action tomorrow, Friday March 22, as it clashes with Emerson at Buckingham, Browne & Nichols. First serve is scheduled for 5:00 p.m.