BEVERLY, Mass.—Freshman Alexander Comerchero (Brookline, Mass.) kept his hot streak going with a three-set win at third singles, to help UMass Boston men's tennis avoid a sweep at the hands of host Endicott College.
THE BASICS
Endicott College 8, UMass Boston 1
(UMass Boston 4-6)
(Endicott 8-6)
HOW IT HAPPENED
Despite putting up a stiff fight at every position, Comerchero's victory was the Beacons' lone point, as UMass Boston saw it's season-high three-match winning streak come to and end.
Comerchero defeated Endicott's Jack DeRizzo 6-3, 1-6, 6-2 in the final match of the day to finish.
Endicott got off to a 3-0 lead on the day, as they earned a sweep of UMass Boston in doubles action.
Nicholas Eherts and Charles Book defeated Guang Huang (Quincy, Mass.) and Ray Platteel (Holbrook, Mass.) 8-4 at third doubles to begin the day.
The Gulls tacked on an 8-2 victory at second doubles, before Chris Kirkpatrick and Justin Toler downed Austin DeLasse (Mexico City, Mexico) and Comerchero 8-5 at first doubles.
Endicott quickly clinched the victory to begin singles play, as they dropped a combined five games between victories at second and sixth singles.
At first singles, Book held off DeLasse 6-3, 6-2 to push the lead to 6-0.
Keaton McCleary extended the lead to 7-0, when he defeated Tin Tran (Quincy, Mass.) 6-0, 6-4 at fourth singles.
In the second-to-last match to end, junior Sanshrut Sharma (Mumbai, India) and Sam Salvas went the distance at fifth singles. Sharma took the first set 6-4, before falling 6-2 in the second set. Salvas earned the point by winning the third-set super tiebreaker 10-6.
BY THE NUMBERS
- Comerchero improved to 4-5 on the year in singles play, and earned his fourth-straight singles victory.
- Thursday's matchup marked the first-ever meeting between UMass Boston and Endicott College.
- Comerchero and DeLasse each saw their overall match winning streak end at six in a row, while Sharma's streak of three-straight singles wins came to a close.
WHO'S NEXT
In a rematch of two of the past three Little East Conference Championship Matches, UMass Boston will travel to take on three-time defending LEC Champion University of Southern Maine on Saturday at 1 p.m.
