Senior Michael
Mashkevich (right) and junior Tim Fayed combined to
win at first doubles, while Mashkevich posted his 12th-straight
singles win in Thursday's NE-10 semifinal at
Merrimack. |
2010 NORTHEAST-10
SEMIFINALS
#2 Merrimack Advances Past #3 Stonehill, 5-2
Warriors end Skyhawks title
defense in tight semifinal to advance to Sunday's Championship
match against top-seeded Bentley
NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. (April
22, 2010) – Second-seeded Merrimack College, ranked
fifth in this week's NCAA Division II East Regional rankings, put
an end to second-seeded and sixth-ranked Stonehill College's
championship defense with a 5-2 decision in semifinal round action
of the 2010 Northeast-10 Conference men's tennis championships at
North Andover High School this afternoon.
Merrimack (13-4, 10-1 NE-10)
advances to Sunday's NE-10 Championship match, hosted by Stonehill
College, where it will face top-seeded Bentley University (15-5,
11-0 NE-10) at Charles Watt Tennis Courts at noon. The Falcons
advanced with a 5-0 victory over fifth-seeded Adelphi University in
today's other semifinal match. Stonehill (13-7, 9-2 NE-10) will now
await word on a possible fifth-straight NCAA Division II Tournament
bid when they are released next Wednesday.
Junior Liam Hoare (West
Newbury, Mass./Saddlebrook Academy) was a
double-winner to lead Merrimack to the win. His 6-4, 7-6 (7-3)
victory over Stonehill sophomore Aaron Bergeron
(Gorham, Maine/Gorham) clinched the Warriors second trip
to the NE-10 title game in program history. Hoare also teamed up
with sophomore Rishi Rajpal (New Delhi,
India) for an 8-2 win at second doubles to clinch a 2-1
Merrimack advantage in the match following doubles play.
Senior Michael Mashkevich (Goleta, Calif./Framingham
(Mass.)) played a role in both Stonehill points on the
afternoon. He cruised to his 12th-straight singles win
with a 6-2, 6-0 triumph over Merrimack sophomore Max Eppley
(Malaga, Spain) at second singles. Mashkevich and junior
Tim Fayed (Glastonbury, Mass./Glastonbury),
the seventh-ranked doubles tandem in the East Region, notched the
Skyhawks lone doubles point with an 8-2 win at No. 1.
Stonehill was leading in the two
remaining unfinished matches at first (Fayed) and sixth
singles.
#2 Merrimack 5, #3 Stonehill 2
Singles
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1. Tim Fayed (STO) vs. Rishi Rajpal (MER) 6-1, 4-5,
unfinished
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2. Michael Mashkevich (STO) def. Max Eppley (MER)
6-2, 6-0
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3. Petar Golijanin (MER) def. Mike Leone (STO)
6-2, 6-1
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4. Sean Pahler (MER) def. Jonathan Burke
(STO) 6-3, 6-4
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5. Liam Hoare (MER) def. Aaron
Bergeron (STO) 6-4, 7-6 (7-3)
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6. Chris
Martin (STO) vs. Tim McHugh (MER) 6-3, 4-4, unfinished
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Doubles
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1. Fayed/Mashkevich (STO) def. Golijanin/Pahler (MER) 8-3
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2. Rajpal/Hoare (MER) def. Leone/Burke (STO) 8-2
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3. Eppley/McHugh (MER) def. Bergeron/Martin (STO) 8-6
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* - doubles matches played
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