Ravens visit Southern New Hampshire on Sunday

RINDGE, N.H. (September 26, 2009) – The Franklin Pierce University men’s tennis team was defeated, 9-0, by Stonehill in Northeast-10 Conference play at Franklin Pierce on Saturday afternoon. With the win, Stonehill improves to 1-1 (1-0 Northeast-10), while Franklin Pierce opens its season 0-1 (0-1 Northeast-10).

After Stonehill swept through the three doubles matches, Franklin Pierce made things interesting in the top two singles matches. In first singles, freshman James Kraner (Glastonbury, Conn.) staved off a pair of match points against Stonehill senior Mike Mashkevich in the second set and won the second-set tiebreaker, 7-4. With the team match already decided by this point, the two substituted a 10-point tiebreaker for the third set, which Mashkevich won, 10-7.

Likewise for the Ravens, sophomore Ben Brewer (Brattleboro, Vt.) pulled out a second-set tiebreaker, 7-3, against Stonehill senior Mike Leone to even the match at a set apiece. Leone took the 10-point tiebreaker, 10-6.

In all, six Skyhawks were victorious in both singles and doubles on Saturday afternoon. Sophomore Aaron Bergeron dropped only one game in his match at third doubles before sweeping through fifth singles, 6-0, 6-0.

The Ravens return to action on Sunday, Sept. 27, when they travel to Southern New Hampshire for a Northeast-10 Conference match at 11 a.m. in Manchester, N.H.

Results
Doubles
1. Mike Mashkevich/Jon Burke (STO) def. James Kraner/Ben Brewer (FPU), 8-2
2. Mike Leone/Chris Martin (STO) def. Ryo Miyazaki/Dan McDonough (FPU), 8-3
3. Aaron Bergeron/Chris Cusimano (STO) def. Kevin Mooiman/Sam Madden (FPU), 8-1

Singles
1. Mashkevich (STO) def. Kraner (FPU), 6-2, 6-7 (4-7), 10-7
2. Leone (STO) def. Brewer (FPU), 7-5, 6-7 (3-7), 10-6
3. Martin (STO) def. Miyazaki (FPU), 6-0, 6-0
4. Burke (STO) def. Dan Willard (FPU), 6-0, 6-0
5. Bergeron (STO) def. Mooiman (FPU), 6-0, 6-0
6. Cusimano (STO) def. Madden (FPU), 6-1, 6-3