PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Suffolk men's tennis fell to Rhode Island College, 6-1, Thursday afternoon at the RIC Tennis Complex.  

THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 1 | Rhode Island College 6
RECORD: Suffolk (0-5) | Rhode Island College (2-1) 

HOW IT HAPPENED
The Anchormen swept doubles play to jump out to a 1-0 lead in the non-conference match.  

Mehdi Mered leveled the playing field as Suffolk's ace bested Noah Morin, 6-4, 6-0 to make it a 1-all match. 

It was all RIC from there as it took courts three, four, five, six and two, in that order, to take the 6-1 win.  

RESULTS
DOUBLES
1 – Noah Morin/Travis Charter (RIC) defeated Christian Gardner/Abhi Patel (Suffolk), 8-5
2 – Ethan Clegg/Elijah Gouin (RIC) defeated Sein Kim/Henry Blanchard (Suffolk), 8-1
3 – Zach Siemmao/Ricky Dagostino (RIC) defeated Jason Yany/Anders Ovren (Suffolk), 8-5

SINGLES
1 – Mehdi Mered (Suffolk) defeated Noah Morin (RIC), 6-4, 6-0
2 – Travis Chartier (RIC) defeated Christian Gardner (Suffolk), 6-2, 7-5
3 – Ethan Clegg (RIC) defeated Abhi Patel (Suffolk), 6-3, 6-0
4 – Elijah Gouin (RIC) defeated Ishmam Amin (Suffolk), 6-2, 6-1
5 – James McShane (RIC) defeated Sein Kim (Suffolk), 6-2, 6-4
6 – Kyle Neuendorf (RIC) defeated Henry Blanchard (Suffolk), 6-3, 6-4 

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

NOTEWORTHY

• Gardner made his men's tennis collegiate debut.  

WHAT'S NEXT?
Suffolk men's tennis hosts Wentworth Saturday, March 29 at 6:30 p.m. at Belmont Hill.