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From: Bridgewater State College |
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Sports Information Office |
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Contact: Mike Holbrook (508) 531-2656 |
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April 1, 2006 at Bridgewater, MA |
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College Men’s Tennis |
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BSC Men’s Tennis Defeats Rhode Island
College, 8-1 |
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Bridgewater, MA –
The Bridgewater State College men’s tennis team opened their Little
East Conference schedule with a convincing 8-1 win over Rhode Island
College this afternoon from the Henry Rosen Memorial Tennis Courts in
Bridgewater. |
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With the win, Bridgewater State
remains undefeated on the season with a perfect 3-0 record. The last
time a BSC men’s tennis team started the season with three straight
wins was in 1998 when the Bears went 8-2. |
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Bridgewater won all three doubles
matches and took five out of the six singles matches to come away with
the 8-1 victory. Freshman number one singles player Matt Charest
(Somerset, MA) and sophomore number two Barry Gorman (Hopedale,
MA) led the Bears to the victory as they both won their respective
singles matches and teamed up at first doubles to win 8-1. Charest
won in straight sets, 6-0, 6-3, in singles play, while Gorman cruised
to an easy 6-1, 6-0 victory. |
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Freshman Giovanni Cuscina
(Mansfield, MA) and junior Howard Smyth (Haverhill, MA) also
won their singles matches and combined to win at second doubles, 9-7.
Cuscina won in straight sets at third singles (6-1, 6-0), while Smyth
battled to a hard-fought three set win at fifth singles, 6-2, 3-6
(10-6). Senior Matt Kelly (Tiverton, RI) had little trouble in
his fourth singles match as he won in straight sets, 6-1, 6-2. Kelly
also teamed up with fellow senior Jeff Heath (Tiverton, RI) to
come away with an 8-4 win at third doubles.
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For Rhode Island College (1-5), senior
Chris Furey (Cabot, VT) was the Anchormen’s lone winner as he
won a straight set match at sixth singles, 6-4, 6-4. |
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BSC returns to the courts on Thursday
as the Bears travel to Western New England College for a 3:30 match
with the Golden Bears. RIC is back in action on Monday as the
Anchormen host Nichols College at 3:30. |
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Singles |
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Matt Charest (BSC) def. Rich Truchon
(RIC) 6-0, 6-3 |
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Barry Gorman (BSC) def. Elliott
LeFaiver (RIC) 6-1, 6-0 |
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Giovanni Cuscina (BSC) def. Tauquir
Puthawala (RIC) 6-1, 6-0 |
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Matt Kelly (BSC) def. Lorne Teeter
(RIC) 6-1, 6-2 |
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Howard Smyth (BSC) def. Tom Lapierre
(RIC) 6-2, 3-6 (10-6) |
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Chris Furey (RIC) def. Jeff Heath (BSC)
6-4, 6-4 |
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Doubles |
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Charest/Gorman (BSC) def. LeFaiver/Puthawla
(RIC) 8-1 |
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Cuscina/Smyth (BSC) def. Teeter/Lapierre
(RIC) 9-7 |
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Kelly/Heath (BSC) def. Furey/Jason
LaDuke (RIC) 8-4 |