WINCHESTER, Mass. – Suffolk men's tennis capped off its 2022 regular-season, its first in the Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) with a 6-3 setback to Salve Regina Saturday at the Winchester Tennis Courts.
THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 3 | Salve Regina 6
RECORDS: Suffolk (1-10, 1-7 CCC) | Salve Regina (2-14, 2-6 CCC)
HOW IT HAPPENED
Salve Regina jumped out to a 2-0 lead as it won the first and third doubles court, respectively. Matthew Gallego and Dylan Katz combined efforts Suffolk on the board as the blue-and-gold's second doubles team secured an 8-7 (7-1) tie breaker win over Samuel Johnson and Riley Kehoe.
As the match transitioned to singles play, Juan Velasquez leveled the playing field at 2-all when he downed Johnson, 6-0, 6-2, on court five.
The Seahawks set up match point, 4-2, as they captured triumph from the top two singles positions.
Once again Gallego's racket came up big as he kept the Rams in it when he downed Kehoe, 6-1, 6-3, at No. 4.
Suffolk's winning chances came to a halt when Haik Semerdjian fell to Jack Cooper, 6-4, 6-0, in the sixth slot, which sealed the setback.
Raimundo Bascunan defeated Diego Hernandez-Pons, 6-1, 4-6, 6-2, for the 6-3 final.
RESULTS
DOUBLES
1 – Sam Middleton/Raimundo Bascunan (Salve Regina) defeated Hasan Esrawi/Diego Hernandez-Pons (Suffolk), 8-1
2 – Matthew Gallego/Dylan Katz (Suffolk) defeated Samuel Johnson/Riley Kehoe (Salve Regina), 8-7 (7-1)
3 – Jack Cooper/Alex Colon (Salve Regina) defeated Haik Semerdjian/Juan Velasquez (Suffolk), 8-3
SINGLES
1 – Sam Middleton (Salve Regina) defeated Hasan Esrawi (Suffolk), 6-1, 6-1
2 – Alex Colon (Salve Regina) defeated Dylan Katz (Suffolk), 6-0, 6-2
3 – Raimundo Bascunan (Salve Regina) defeated Diego Hernandez-Pons, 6-1, 4-6, 6-2
4 – Matthew Gallego (Suffolk) defeated Riley Kehoe (Salve Regina), 6-1, 6-3
5 – Juan Velasquez (Suffolk) defeated Samuel Johnson (Salve Regina), 6-0, 6-2
6 – Jack Cooper (Salve Regina) defeated Haik Semerdjian (Suffolk), 6-4, 6-0
Order of Finish: Doubles (1, 3, 2) | Singles (5, 1, 2, 4, 6, 3)
NOTEWORTHY
- Suffolk and Salve Regina met for the first time.
- Velasquez notched his first golden set of his collegiate career.