Franklin Pierce downed by Merrimack, 8-1
Gardella and Nogueira move to 4-1 in first doubles play with an 8-6 win
Austin Gardella picked up a
doubles victory on Sunday against Merrimack.
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RINDGE, N.H. (October 21,
2007) – The Franklin Pierce University men’s
tennis team was defeated by Merrimack College by a score of 8-1 in
a Northeast-10 Conference men’s tennis match at the Franklin
Pierce tennis courts on Sunday afternoon.
Senior Austin Gardella (Norwalk, Conn./Norwalk)
and sophomore Helder Nogueira (Dourados, Brazil/Lowell
(Mass.)) earned Franklin Pierce’s only point of the
afternoon, earning a hard-fought win at first doubles with an 8-6
victory over Merrimack’s Adam Wilding (Lewiston,
Me./Lewiston) and John Seaward (Pomfret, Conn./Woodstock Academy).
With the win, the duo moved to 4-1 in first doubles play this
season.
The Ravens also came close in three singles matches, including two
that needed tiebreakers to decide a winner. Nogueira took the first
set in his first singles match against Wilding, 6-2, before Wilding
came back with a 6-4 second-set win and a 10-6 win in a tiebreaker
to take the match. Freshman Max Logan (Waterford,
Conn./Waterford) also needed a tiebreaker to determine his
sixth-singles match, as he took the first set, 6-3, before falling
to Jon Ravenelle in the second set, 6-3, and in the deciding
tiebreaker, 10-6.
Gardella also put a scare into Seaward in second singles play,
nearly taking the first set by a 7-6 margin before dropping a 6-4
second set.
Franklin Pierce concludes the fall portion of its 2007-08 schedule
with a 1-4 overall and Northeast-10 mark, as the Ravens will
continue Northeast-10 play in the spring. Merrimack completes its
fall schedule with a 2-0 mark overall and in conference play.
Merrimack 8, Franklin Pierce 1
Doubles:
1. Austin Gardella/Helder Nogueira (FP) def. Adam Wilding/John
Seaward (MER), 8-6
2. Steve Viglione/Tim McNugh (MER) def. Max Logan/M. Smith (FP),
8-3
3. Liam Hoare/Jon Ravenelle (MER) def. Ben Reynolds/George
Xeanakis (FP), 8-3
Singles:
1. Wilding (MER) def. Nogueira (FP), 2-6, 6-4, (10-6)
2. Seaward (MER) def. Gardella (FP), 7-6, 6-4
3. Viglione (MER) def. Strayer (FP), 6-0, 6-0
4. McNugh (MER) def. Matthew Robinson (FP), 6-1, 6-4
5. Hoare (MER) def. Xeanakis (FP), 6-0, 6-3
6. Ravenelle (MER) def. Logan (FP), 3-6, 6-3, (10-6)