Beverly, Mass. – Led by a doubles sweep, visiting Clark University posted an impressive 6-3 win over Endicott College in non-league men's tennis action on Wednesday afternoon at the South Campus Courts.
The Cougars' No. 1 pairing of Spencer Pinkney (Falmouth, Mass.) and Lenny Siegel (Boca Raton, Fla.) claimed an 8-5 win over Christopher Kirkpatrick (Newburyport, Mass.) and Michael Dolph (Stratford, Conn.), while the No. 3 pairing of Ian Levy (Needham, Mass.) and Ross Kennedy (Winchester, Mass.) defeated Matthew Doherty (Plymouth, Mass.) and Anthony Rinaldi (Attleboro Falls, Mass.) by an identical score.
Clark's No. 2 pairing of Teodor Nicola-Antoniu (Bucharest, Romania) and Andrey Samodaev (Boca Raton, Fla.) went on to edge Eric Pierce (Barrington, R.I.) and Keaton McCleary (Newtown, Conn.) by a 9-7 score to complete the sweep at doubles for the Scarlet and White.
In singles play, Mateo Gomez (Bogota, Columbia) and Nicola both won their respective matches (No. 5, No. 4) shortly apart from each other to wrap up the victory. Levy then proceeded to post a 6-3, 6-3 decision against Sam Salvas (Stowe, Vt.) at the No. 6 slot to round out Clark's list of winners.
Dolph picked up Endicott's first victory of the evening with a 6-1, 6-4 triumph versus Siegel, while Pierce followed with a 6-1, 7-6 (7-4) win at the No. 2 position. Kirkpatrick ended the non-conference match for the Gulls with a gritty 3-6, 6-3, 11-9 victory against Samodaev.
Clark (1-1) will be in action next when they visit Assumption College on Friday at 3:30 p.m.