Kraner, Brewer, Miyazaki win in singles play

RINDGE, N.H. (April 17, 2010) – The Franklin Pierce University men's tennis team was defeated, 6-3, at Southern New Hampshire in Northeast-10 Conference play on Saturday. With the loss, Franklin Pierce falls to 1-9 (1-9 Northeast-10), while Southern New Hampshire improves to 3-10 (3-8 Northeast-10) with the win.

Freshman James Kraner (Glastonbury, Conn.), sophomore Ben Brewer (Brattleboro, Vt.) and sophomore Ryo Miyazaki (Tokyo, Japan) were each victorious in singles play for Franklin Pierce on Saturday. Kraner posted a 6-1, 6-1 victory over Southern New Hampshire freshman Jared Wright at first singles, while Miyazaki tallied a 6-2, 6-4 win against senior MingYang Chuo in fourth singles. Meanwhile, Brewer picked up an 8-4 triumph over freshman Tim Hamilton in the pro set format at second singles.

In all, three Southern New Hampshire players won both their singles and doubles matches on Saturday afternoon. Sophomore John Niland led the way, as he did not lose a game on his way to sweeping both matches. He teamed with Chuo to pick up an 8-0 win at second doubles before posting a 6-0, 6-0 sweep in third singles.

The Ravens return to the court on Sunday, April 18, when they travel to American International for a Northeast-10 Conference match at in Springfield, Mass.

Results
Doubles
1. Jared Wright/Tim Hamilton (SNHU) def. James Kraner/Ben Brewer (FPU), 8-5
2. John Niland/MingYang Chuo (SNHU) def. Ryo Miyazaki/Dan McDonough (FPU), 8-0
3. Brendan Hussey/Cory Lefort (SNHU) def. Sam Aubin/Sam Madden (FPU), 8-1

Singles
1. Kraner (FPU) def. Wright (SNHU), 6-1, 6-1
2. Brewer (FPU) def. Hamilton (SNHU), 8-4
3. Niland (SNHU) def. Aubin (FPU), 6-0, 6-0
4. Miyazaki (FPU) def. Chuo (SNHU), 6-2, 6-4
5. Hussey (SNHU) def. McDonough (FPU), 6-0, 6-3
6. Lefort (SNHU) def. Madden (FPU), 6-2, 6-3