Noguiera, Phataraprasit post victories in singles and doubles

MANCHESTER, N.H. (April 15, 2009) – The Franklin Pierce University men’s tennis team was narrowly defeated on Wednesday afternoon, 5-4, in Northeast-10 Conference play at Saint Anselm.

Franklin Pierce tallied one of its points in first doubles, as senior Helder Noguiera (Dourados, Brazil) and sophomore Adit Phataraprasit (Bangkok, Thailand) teamed up to defeat junior Ryan Garrette (Conway, N.H./Kennett) and freshman Conor McCormack (Worcester, Mass./Doherty), 9-7.

The Ravens also won three of the day’s six singles matches. Noguiera and Phataraprasit both won their second matches of the day Noguiera downed McCormack, 6-2, 6-2, and Phataraprasit bettered Garrette, 6-1, 3-6, 6-4. Freshman Ryo Miyazaki (Tokyo, Japan) collected the other point of the afternoon for Franklin Pierce with a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Saint Anselm junior Thomas Pickin (Newport, R.I./Portsmouth Abbey).

For Saint Anselm, junior John Oberlander (Beverly, Mass./St. John’s Prep) and freshman Alexander Schultheis (Warwick, R.I./Bishop Hendricken) each posted wins in both singles and doubles to help the Hawks squeak out the victory.

The Ravens conclude their season at 1-8 (1-7 Northeast-10). Saint Anselm (4-5, 4-5 Northeast-10) returns to action on April 17 at Merrimack.

Results
Doubles
Helder Noguiera/Adit Phataraprasit (FPU) def. Ryan Garrette/Conor McCormack (STA), 9-7
Alexander Schultheis/Thomas Pickin (STA) def. Sam Aubin/Dan McDonough (FPU), 8-4
John Oberlander/Corey Boudreau (STA) def. Ben Wheeler/Dan Willard (FPU), 8-1

Singles
Noguiera (FPU) def. McCormack (STA), 6-2, 6-2
Phataraprasit (FPU) def. Garrette (STA), 6-1, 3-6, 6-4
Oberlander (STA) def. Aubin (FPU), 6-0, 6-2
Schultheis (STA) def. McDonough (FPU), 6-1, 6-1
Ryo Miyazaki (FPU) def. Pickin (STA), 6-3, 6-3
Chris Tremblay (STA) def. Willard (FPU), 6-1, 6-0