Oganyan wins singles match

RINDGE, N.H. (September 21, 2008) – The Franklin Pierce University men’s tennis team lost the first match of its season on Sunday afternoon, 8-1, to Southern New Hampshire in Northeast-10 Conference play.

Senior Roland Oganyan (Watertown, Mass./Watertown) picked up the only win of the day for the Ravens with a 6-1, 6-2 decision in singles against SNHU senior Colin Stone (Manchester, N.H./Manchester Central).

Franklin Pierce senior Helder Noguiera (Dourados, Brazil) and freshman Benjamin Brewer (Brattleboro, Vt./Brattleboro Union) held their own before falling 8-6 against SNHU senior Luis Ramirez (San Cristobal, Venezuela) and junior David Spaggiari (Manizales, Colombia).

Penmen freshmen Andrew Barrett (Marion, Mass./Old Rochester Regional) and Jeff Bunker (Salem, N.H./Salem) joined Ramirez and Spaggiari as the four players who were victorious in both singles and doubles for Southern New Hampshire.

The Ravens (0-1, 0-1 NE-10) return to the court on Thursday, September 25, when they host Bentley in a Northeast-10 Conference contest at 1 p.m. in Rindge, N.H. Southern New Hampshire (2-0, 2-0 NE-10) is back in action on Sept. 27 at Merrimack.

Results

Doubles
David Spaggiari/Luis Ramirez (SNHU) def. Helder Noguiera/Benjamin Brewer (FPU), 8-6
Colin Stone/Jeff Bunker (SNHU) def. Roland Oganyan/Ryan Strayer (FPU), 8-4
Andrew Barrett/Derek Thompson (SNHU) def. Max Logan/Ben Wheeler (FPU), 8-3

Singles
Spaggiari (SNHU) def. Noguiera (FPU), 7-6, 6-1
Ramirez (SNHU) def. Brewer (FPU), 7-5, 1-6, 11-9
Oganyan (FPU) def. Stone (SNHU), 6-1 6-2
Barrett (SNHU) def. Logan (FPU) 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
Bunker (SNHU) def. Strayer (FPU) 6-2, 6-4
John Niland (SNHU) def. Wheeler (FPU) 6-2, 6-0