DORCHESTER, Mass. - The top-seeded UMass Boston blanked second-seeded Salem State University to win the 2022 Little East Conference (LEC) Men's Tennis Championship Tournament Saturday night at the Sportsmen's Tennis Center. Senior
Nandish Shah was named the 2022 LEC Championship's Most Outstanding Player.
THE BASICS
UMass Boston 5, Salem State 0
UMass Boston (12-3)
Salem State (8-6)
HOW IT HAPPENED
Juniors
Pierre-Alexandre Fumat and
Rez Yuspi got the Beacons on the board with an 8-1 at third doubles over Parker Andreoli and Kevin Merino-Rivas, and the UMass Boston lead grew to 2-0 following an 8-3 win for senior
Alexander Comerchero and freshman
Rudraksh Trivedi at second doubles over Cory Cherico and Andrew Muttiah.
Senior
Miguel Beltran and Shah completed the Beacons' sweep of the doubles points with an 8-1 first doubles decision over Roni Bazile and Grant Bellino.
UMass Boston moved to within one point of the LEC title with Comerchero's 6-0 ,6-1 fourth singles victory over Cherico. Yuspi then clinched the league championship for the Beacons with his 6-0, 6-1 sixth singles triumph over Adam Stanneck.
BY THE NUMBERS
- This marks the second consecutive season the Beacons won the LEC regular season and tournament championships, which were last awarded in 2019.
- The Beacons and Vikings were playing for the LEC tournament title for the third consecutive postseason.
- UMass Boston has now won three of the last four LEC tournament championships.
- This is the Beacons fifth LEC tournament championship win in program history.
- UMass Boston is 4-3 in the LEC tournament final since the current team format was adopted in 2009.
WHAT'S NEXT
The Beacons will find out who they are facing in the NCAA tournament when the announcement is released on NCAA.com Monday.
