WORCESTER, Mass. – The Clark University men's tennis team (7-10, 4-3 NEWMAC) earned the fourth seed in the NEWMAC Tournament with a convincing 7-0 victory over Emerson (8-11, 2-5 NEWMAC) on Friday in their senior day from the Corash Tennis Courts.
Prior to the match, seniors
Ryan Hovey,
Aidan Hurtado, and
Adrian Ramirez were honored for their contributions to the Clark tennis program.
How it Happened
Doubles: Clark 2, Emerson 1
- In number two doubles, graduate student Tanner Honnef and Hovey battled with McAllister and Mesaros to a tiebreak and prevailed 7-6 (8-6).
- Junior Edward Shepherd-Johnson and sophomore Aris Kirkorian clinched Clark's first doubles win with a 6-3 victory against Leung and Nocchi in number one action.
- Ramirez and Hurtado competed in number three play and won three games before falling 3-6 to Sevikul and Leeves-Coben.
Singles: Clark 6, Emerson 0
- Junior Graham Russo blanked McAllister in number four singles with a 6-0, 6-0 victory.
- First-year Ziad Tabbara took the first set 6-2 and closed out Sevikul 6-0 in the final set in number three action.
- Kirkorian (No. 2) and Honnef (No. 6) only dropped a combined three games as Kirkorian won 6-1, 6-2 and Honnef prevailed 6-0, 6-3.
- In number five action, Hovey battled to win the first set 7-5 and pulled away in the second with a 6-1 victory.
- Shepherd-Johnson (No. 1) battled Nocchi for three sets and took the first set 6-2, was bested 5-7 in the second, and won the tiebreak 10-8 in the third.
What's Next
The Cougars will begin the NEWMAC Tournament on Wednesday afternoon when they welcome one of Coast Guard, Wheaton, or Emerson to Corash.
