SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – Suffolk men's tennis fell to Western New England, 7-2, Saturday afternoon in Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) action at the Volvo Tennis Courts.  

THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 2 | Western New England 7
RECORDS: Suffolk (1-3, 1-1 CCC) | Western New England (4-2, 1-0 CCC) 

HOW IT HAPPENED
The Golden Bears swept doubles play and picked up the first four singles points to lock up the win, while Suffolk secured wins at the fifth and sixth singles spots, respectively, to make it a 7-2 final.  

Matthew Gallego defeated Brandon Greger, 6-4, 6-4, on the fifth court. Ben Bricker defeated Ryan Zabel, 6-1, 6-2, at No. 6.  

RESULTS

DOUBLES
1 – Max Gordan/Nick Bayer (WNE) defeated Hasan Esrawi/Diego Hernandez-Pons (Suffolk), 8-1
2 – Sebastian Smreczak/Michael Robichaud (WNE) defeated Dylan Katz/Matthew Gallego (Suffolk), 8-5
3 – Brandon Greger/Casey VanDenBossche (WNE) defeated Haik Semerdjian/Ben Bricker (Suffolk), 8-5 

SINGLES
1 – Nick Bayer (WNE) defeated Hasan Esrawi (Suffolk), 6-0, 6-0
2 – Max Gordan (WNE) defeated Dylan Katz (Suffolk), 7-5, 6-1
3 – Sebastian Smreczak (WNE) defeated Diego Hernandez-Pons (Suffolk), 6-3, 7-5
4 – Michael Robichaud (WNE) defeated Juan Velasquez (Suffolk), 7-6 (7-4), 1-6, 7-6 (10-8)
5 – Matthew Gallego (Suffolk) defeated Brandon Greger (WNE), 6-4, 6-4
6 – Ben Bricker (Suffolk) defeated Ryan Zable (WNE), 6-1, 6-2 

NOTEWORTHY

• Suffolk and Western New England met for the first time.   
• Gallego remains unbeaten (2-0) in singles action this year.

WHAT'S NEXT?
Suffolk is set to take on Wentworth tomorrow, Sunday, April 3. First serve at the Regis Tennis Courts in Weston, Massachusetts is set for 12 p.m.