
MILTON, Mass. – Suffolk men's tennis entered the win column in sweeping fashion as the Rams kept Curry off the scoreboard in a 9-0 Commonwealth Coast Conference decision Monday afternoon at the Trent J. Scott Tennis Courts.
THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 9 | Curry 0
RECORDS: Suffolk (1-4, 1-2 CCC) | Curry (0-4, 0-2 CCC)
HOW IT HAPPENED
Suffolk stormed out to a 3-0 lead after sweeping doubles play.
Mehdi Meredi and Sam Kluger were the first Ram duo to capture a victory this season as the sophomore and the grad student blanked the Colonels Maitreya Abend and Eric Flynn on the second court.
Joachim Fabre-Nair and Ishmam Amin followed suit with an identical 8-0 score over Curry's third tandem Nick Norman and Zackery Aldrich.
The blue-and-gold's top partnership of Nicholas Komari and Matthew Gallego teamed up for an 8-1 decision over Bryan Shields and Naytik Vora.
Gallego's 6-1, 6-0 triumph over Vora at No. 4 singles set up match point, which was clinched by Fabre-Nair's 6-1, 6-0 victory against Jonny Kopacl on court five.
With the win already sealed for Suffolk, the Rams' ace Komari took down Shields, 6-2, 6-0, Mered bested Abend, 6-2, 6-0 in the second slot and Kluger defeated Flynn, 6-0, 6-1, in the third position.
Up 8-0, Singh-Sisodia wrapped up the action with a golden match against Ean McGongle in the sixth spot for the lopsided 9-0 final.
RESULTS
DOUBLES
1 – Nicholas Komari/Matthew Gallego (Suffolk) defeated Bryan Shields/Naytik Vora (Curry), 8-1
2 – Mehdi Mered/Sam Kluger (Suffolk) defeated Maitreya Abend/Eric Flynn (Curry), 8-0
3 – Joachim Fabre-Nair/Ishmam Amin (Suffolk) defeated Nick Norman/Zackery Aldrich (Curry), 8-0
SINGLES
1 – Nicholas Komari (Suffolk) defeated Bryan Shields (Curry), 6-2, 6-0
2 – Mehdi Mered (Suffolk) defeated Maitreya Abend (Curry), 6-2, 6-0
3 – Sam Kluger (Suffolk) defeated Eric Flynn (Curry), 6-0, 6-1
4 – Matthew Gallego defeated Naytik Vora (Curry), 6-1, 6-0
5 – Joachim Fabre-Nair (Suffolk) defeated Jonny Kopack (Curry), 6-1, 6-0
6 – Prakhar Singh-Sisodia (Suffolk) defeated Ean McGonigle (Curry), 6-0, 6-0
ORDER OF FINISH: Doubles (2, 3, 1) | Singles (4, 5, 1, 2, 3, 6)
NOTEWORTHY
- Suffolk entered the win column for the first time this season.
- The 9-0 triumph is a first for the Rams since sweeping Lesley April 20, 2017.
- Suffolk moved to 8-1 all-time against Curry.
- The Rams have won four matches in a row against the Colonels.
- Suffolk is undefeated against Curry under Scott Blanchard's guidance, 3-0.
- The Rams recorded doubles point for the first time this year.
- Kluger and Mered notched their first win as a partnership in golden match fashion.
- Fabre-Nair and Amin partnered for the first time. The duo is 1-0 and notched a golden match.
- Fabre-Nair, Gallego, Komari and Kluger both had the first golden set in their collegiate careers.
- Fabre-Nair produced his first collegiate singles win.
- Singh-Sisodi logged his first colligate win. The triumph was a golden match win.
- Mered had the first golden set of his collegiate career in the second singles slot.
WHAT'S NEXT?
The Rams battle Wentworth tomorrow, Tuesday, April 9 at 7:30 p.m. at the duPont Tennis Courts on the campus of MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts.