Leone/Sherman Edged in "B" Doubles Final at Wilson-ITA East Regional

Burke reached "B" singles semifinals to also highlight Skyhawk entries

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. (September 21, 2009) - Stonehill College seniors Michael Leone (Cataumet, Mass./Bourne) and Charlie Sherman (Amston, Conn./RHAM) saw their bid for the men's "B" draw doubles title fall just short in the championship round on Sunday.

Leone and Sherman were edged by Temur Nanikashvili and Jesse Smith from Queens College, 9-7, in the final. The Stonehill doubles pairing reached the championship match with an 8-6 victory over Eduardo Ribeiro and Michael Sinclair of Dowling College in the semifinals. They defeated Robby Scheuing and Taylor Crabill of Queens in the quarters.

Sophomore Jonathan Burke (Wakefield, R.I./South Kingstown) reached the semifinals of the "B" singles draw before being edged by eventual bracket winner Nanikashvili of Queens, 8-4. Burke topped Bentley University sophomore Victor Suski in the quarterfinals, 8-6, and Chris Lukose from the University of Sciences, 8-0, in the round of 16.

Sherman fell to Matt Chase of Bentley in the round of 16, 8-3, while Stonehill sophomore Aaron Bergeron (Gorham, Maine/Gorham) was edged by Merrimack's Liam Hoare, 8-5, in the round of 16.

Leone was defeated in the round of 16 in the "A" singles draw by top-seeded Alex Grubin of Concordia College, 6-0, 6-0.

Stonehill (0-1, 0-0 NE-10) returns to team play this Saturday, September 26, when it opens defense of its Northeast-10 Conference championship at Franklin Pierce University at 1 p.m.