PROVIDENCE, R.I.  – Suffolk men's tennis wrapped up its non-conference calendar with a 7-2 setback to Rhode Island College Thursday afternoon at the RIC Tennis Complex. 

THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 2 | Rhode Island College 7
RECORDS: Suffolk (2-5) | Rhode Island College (6-4)  

HOW IT HAPPENED
Doubles play wrapped up in reverse order. Rhode Island College collected a 2-1 edge in the match with wins on courts three and two, in that order, before the twosome of Hasan Esrawi and Daniel Dayn defeated Josh Brien and Andrew Fanning, 8-6, as the top tandem.  

The Anchormen quickly locked up the win as it had golden sets at the fifth and sixth positions, before taking triumphs at No. 4 and No. 2. 

The blue-and-gold's ace Medhi Mered put together a 6-3, 6-4 decision over Brien to tact on Suffolk's second point of the day before RIC rounded out play with a victory at the third spot for the final 7-2 decision.  

RESULTS
SINGLES
1 – Medhi Mered (Suffolk) defeated Josh Brien (RIC), 6-3, 6-4
2 – Noah Morin (RIC) defeated Daniel Dayn (Suffolk), 0-6, 6-4 (10-5)
3 – Jack Cadden (RIC) defeated Hasan Esrawi (Suffolk), 7-5, 6-1}
4 – Elijah Gouin (RIC) defeated Diego Hernandez-Pons (Suffolk), 6-1, 6-2
5 – Zach Siemmao (RIC) defeated Zach Dobbs (Suffolk), 6-0, 6-0
6 – Andrew Fanning (RIC) defeated Milind Kulkarni (Suffolk), 6-0, 6-0

DOUBLES
1 – Hasan Esrawi/Daniel Dayn (Suffolk), defeated Josh Brien/Andrew Fanning (RIC), 8-6
2 – Noah Morin/Elijah Gouin(RIC) defeated Medhi Mered/Diego Hernandez-Pons (Suffolk), 8-4
3 – Zach Siemmao/Kyle O'Conner (RIC) defeated Milind Kulkarni/Zach Dobbs (Suffolk), 8-0

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

NOTEWORTHY

• Suffolk scored two points against RIC for the first time since April 25, 2019, a 7-2 setback to the Anchormen. 

WHAT'S NEXT?
Suffolk hosts Curry Saturday, April 15 at 12:00 p.m.