de Bénazé earned the Skyhawks point with his win at #1 singles (PHOTO BY Saylor Murphy)

Aulson leads five Falcons double-winners

WALTHAM, Mass. (April 11, 2022) – Bentley University posted a 6-1 victory over Stonehill College in Northeast-10 Conference men's tennis action at Brandeis University this afternoon. 

Highlights

• Postgrad Connor Aulson led five double-winners for Bentley with wins at No. 1 doubles and No. 2 singles.
• Junior Jordan Soifer and sophomores Gabe Horwitz and Diego Ramos all posted singles and doubles wins for the Falcons, while senior Alexander Novins rounded out the double-winners with a retirement win in singles play.
• Freshman Guillaume Duhil de Bénazé earned Stonehill's point with his decision at No. 1 singles by retirement.

How it Happened

• Bentley swept the three doubles matches to claim its first point with Aulson and postgrad Daniel Weitz posting a 6-2 win at No. 1.
• Horwitz and Ramos completed the doubles sweep with a 6-4 decision at No. 3 against Stonehill senior Juan Camilo Riano Rojas and junior Ben Simmons.
• Aulson added a 6-2, 6-1 win at No. 2 singles against Stonehill sophomore Louis Coppi.
• Horwitz took the first set against Simmons at No. 5 singles in a tiebreaker (7-4) before finishing off the win at 6-2 in the second set.
• Soifer won the first set 6-1 over Stonehill junior Luke Nickerson before winning the second in a tiebreak (7-2).
• de Bénazé held a 5-4 lead in the first set against Weitz when Weitz retired due to injury to pick up Stonehill's point.

Up Next

Stonehill (6-6, 0-4 NE10) returns to action on Wednesday when it hosts Southern New Hampshire University for an NE10 dual match at Charles Watt Tennis Courts at 3 p.m. Bentley (11-8, 3-2 NE10) visits Saint Michael's College on Wednesday at 3 p.m.

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