BRIDGEWATER, Mass. – In hopes of defending their 2022 Little East Conference Championship, the quest for a repeat by UMass Boston Men's Tennis came up short this year as the Beacons fell in the Little East Conference Quarterfinals to fourth-seeded Bridgewater State University, 5-0, on Tuesday afternoon.
THE BASICS
UMass Boston 0, Bridgewater State University 5
UMass Boston (2-9)
Bridgewater State University (5-8)
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Beacons would be bested across all three doubles as junior transfer
Patrick Ramos and sophomore
Felix Nguyen fell to senior Kendan Ziegler and sophomore Matthew Krampf in the #1 Doubles, 8-5. The #2 Doubles went to the Bears, 8-7, after graduate Sean Nutter and senior Charles Fiske took the tiebreaker set 7-5 over sophomore
Melvin Nina and freshman
Maxwell Dill.
Rounding out the doubles sweep for Bridgewater State was freshmen Adam Beatrice and Ryan Hebert over freshman
Ryan Tran and sophomore
Karsten Bourgoine in the #3 Doubles, 8-0.
Needing just two wins to end the match and move onto the LEC Semifinals, the Bears would get victories in the #4 and #5 Singles from Fiske who defeated Nguyen in straight sets, 6-0, while Krampf took down Bourgoine, 6-2 and 6-0, respectively to secure the 5-0 win for Bridgewater State.
BY THE NUMBERS
- Patrick Ramos closes the year 7-2 in singles, including 6-0 in #1 Singles against conference opponents
- Maxwell Dill and Melvin Nina end the year 3-2 in LEC doubles matches
- Bridgewater State University has now won two consecutive games against UMass Boston after dropping their previous 10 games
