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Match Recap: Men's Tennis |

Men's Tennis Sweeps Wheaton in Dual Match Opener

EASTON, Mass. (September 24, 2024) – The Stonehill College men's tennis team opened its dual match slate with a 7-0 sweep against Wheaton College at the Charles Watt Tennis Courts Tuesday evening. With the win, the Skyhawks improved to 1-0 on the season, while the Lyons dropped to 0-1 to start the year.

Highlights
  • Stonehill's victory over Wheaton marks the ninth overall and fifth consecutive win for the Skyhawks over the Lyons.
  • The Skyhawks saw six double winners on the day with the sweep of both doubles and singles competition, respectively.
  • Sophomore Jacob Borch-Nielsen, junior Mark Kröll, and senior Jacob Wilhelm Krefting each earned their first wins of the season in singles dual match play.
  • The double victories on the day for the first-year trio of Nicolas Arredondo, Guillermo Bennaton, and Javier Gutierrez marked the first of each of their young collegiate careers.
How It Happened
  • Borch-Nielsen and Arredondo earned their third victory of the season as a double pairing at the No. 1 position against sophomore Jaime Galligo and sophomore Jake Murray, 6-0.
  • Bennaton and Gutierrez followed at the No. 3 slot of doubles play with a 6-1 win over sophomore Calvin Van Dyke and senior Daniel Bor.
  • Kröll and Wilhelm Krefting secured the doubles sweep for the Skyhawks in the No. 2 position, battling sophomore Paul Berteaux and sophomore Jack Thain to a 6-4 decision to earn their team-leading fourth win of the season as a double's combination.
  • Borch-Nielsen took down Galligo, 6-2, 6-1, at No. 1 singles to earn his double win on the day, while Wilhelm Krefting defeated Murray, 6-2, 6-1, at the No. 3 slot.
  • Bennaton, Arredondo, and Gutierrez rounded out their first double-win days with victories at the No. 2, 4, and 5 positions in singles competition.
  • Kröll capped off the 7-0 sweep for the Skyhawks with a straight set, 6-0, 6-0, win over freshman Daniel Kofman at No. 6 singles.
Up Next
Stonehill (1-0, 0-0 NEC) continues its fall campaign on Tuesday, October 8, hosting Franklin Pierce University at the Charles Watt Tennis Courts at 3:30 PM.
           
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