Franklin Pierce falls to Bentley, 7-2
Nogueira remains undefeated in both singles and doubles play in 2007
Austin Gardella was victorious in
doubles on Tuesday at Bentley.
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WALTHAM, Mass. (October 9,
2007) – The Franklin Pierce University men’s
tennis team dropped a 7-2 match to Bentley College in a
Northeast-10 Conference men’s tennis match at the Bentley
Tennis Courts on Tuesday afternoon.
Sophomore Helder Nogueira (Dourados, Brazil/Lowell
(Mass.)) continued his undefeated run through the first
three matches of 2007, as he won both his first singles and first
doubles matches for the Ravens. In doubles action, Nogueira teamed
with senior Austin Gardella (Norwalk,
Conn./Norwalk) to cruise past Bentley’s pair of
Celestino Sepulveda (Poughkeepsie, N.Y./Spackenkill) and Patrick
Schorno (Fishkill, N.Y./John Jay), 8-3. Then in singles action,
Nogueira came back from a set down to defeat Michael Dolan
(Shrewsbury, Mass./St. John’s) in a tiebreaker, 3-6, 6-4, 1-0
(10-6).
Gardella almost pulled out his second singles match against
Schorno, falling, 6-4, 6-4. Franklin Pierce’s second doubles
team of junior Matthew Robinson (Bedford, N.H./Manchester
West) and freshman Max Logan (Waterford,
Conn./Waterford) also came close to earning the Ravens
another point, losing an 8-6 match to Dolan and Stephen Sparks
(Wakefield, Mass./Wakefield).
Franklin Pierce (1-2, 1-2 NE-10) will look to return to the win
column on Oct. 14 as the Ravens host Bryant University in a
Northeast-10 matchup at the Franklin Pierce tennis courts beginning
at 1 p.m. Bentley (3-1, 3-0 NE-10) will host Saint Anselm on
Thursday at 3:30 p.m.
Bentley 7, Franklin Pierce 2
Doubles:
1. Austin Gardella/Helder Nogueira (FP) def. Celestino
Sepulveda/Patrick Schorno (BC), 8-3
2. Michael Dolan/Stephen Sparks (BC) def. Matthew Robinson/Max
Logan (FP), 8-6
3. Scott Rosen/Brian Barnett (BC) def. Ryan Strayer/George
Xeanakis (FP), 8-2
Singles:
1. Nogueira (FP) def. Dolan (BC), 3-6, 6-4, 1-0 (10-6)
2. Schorno (BC) def. Gardella (FP), 6-4, 6-4
3. Sparks (BC) def. Logan (FP), 6-3, 6-4
4. Rosen (BC) def. Robinson (FP), 6-3, 6-2
5. Matt Sansoucie (BC) def. Xeanakis (FP), 6-2, 6-2
6. Barnett (BC) def. Strayer (FP), 6-1, 6-1