BEVERLY, Mass.– Suffolk men's tennis slipped in its Commonwealth Coast Conference to Gordon, 8-1, Friday night at the Bass River Tennis Club.
THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 1 | Gordon 8
RECORDS: Suffolk (0-3, 0-1 CCC) | Gordon (4-6, 1-0 CCC)
HOW IT HAPPENED
Suffolk fell behind 0-3 as the Fighting Scots swept doubles play.
Gordon went on to quickly lock up the win as it won singles action on courts two, five, six, four and one in that order for the lopsided 8-0.
Sam Kluger managed to put the blue-and-gold on the board with a 6-3, 6-4, victory in the third singles position over Joshua Noel for the 8-1 final.
RESULTS
DOUBLES
1 – Ezekiel Hall/Jeffrey Bodner (Gordon) defeated Nicholas Komari/Matthew Gallego (Suffolk), 8-3
2 – Joshua Noel/Larson Benthem (Gordon) defeated Mehdi Mered/Sam Kluger (Suffolk), 8-6
3 – Carleton Riester/James Wellborn (Gordon) defeated Hasan Esrawi/Joachim Fabre-Nair (Suffolk), 8-1
SINGLES
1 – Ezekiel Hall (Gordon) defeated Nicholas Komari (Suffolk), 6-3, 6-2
2 – Jeffrey Bodner (Gordon) defeated Mehdi Mered (Suffolk), 6-0, 6-0
3 – Sam Kluger (Suffolk) defeated Joshua Noel (Gordon), 6-3, 6-4
4 – Carleton Riester (Gordon) defeated Hasan Esrawi (Suffolk), 6-1, 6-2
5 – Larson Benthem (Gordon) defeated Matthew Gallego (Suffolk), 6-1, 6-3
6 – Sam Miller (Gordon) defeated Joachim Fabre-Nair (Suffolk), 6-2, 6-1
ORDER OF FINISH – Doubles (1, 3, 2) | Singles (2, 5, 6, 4, 1, 3)
NOTEWORTHY
- All of Suffolk's CCC openers have taken place on the road.
- The Rams and Fighting Scots have played in Suffolk's first CCC contest of the year for the second straight season.
- Kluger logged his first singles win as a Ram.
WHAT'S NEXT?
Suffolk is set to host Nichols Saturday, April 6 at 6:00 p.m. at Belmont Hill.