Match Results
WENHAM, Mass.—Led by senior Justin DeLuca and junior Brandon Roode, Nichols Men's Tennis handed Gordon its third conference loss of the season, 8-1. Scots' junior Dan Christensen (Attleboro, Mass.) provided the lone victory for the Scots with a three-set comeback at fifth singles.
 
Nichols jumped on the board early by cruising to an 8-2 win at second doubles. Joan Castillo and Carlos De La Cruz dropped the first game of the match, but rallied off eight of the final nine games to take the first point of the match.
 
Andrew Haas and Dan Robert went up 4-0 on Daniel Dufoe (Malvern, Pa.) and Christensen at third doubles. Gordon's third flight duo fought back to bring the match within two games, but Nichols staved off the rally to go up 2-0. DeLuca and Roode completed the doubles sweep by taking the final two games in an 8-6 win at the top flight. Zach Hall (Sugar Land, Texas) and Kenny Gaudio (Miller Place, N.Y.) battled the Nichols' captains, but their six-match win streak came to an end.
 
With a 3-0 lead, the Bison hastily clinched an overall match victory with straight-set victories at the second and fourth singles' flights. De La Cruz didn't drop a single game at fourth singles against Richie Armand (Hempstead, N.Y.) and Roode fought off windy conditions to down Gaudio, 6-1, 6-0.
 
The Scots only victory came at fifth singles with Christensen grinding out a three setter against Haas. The Bison junior dominated play in the first set, beating Christensen 6-1, but Gordon's steady fifth starter was unfazed. Christensen overcame a three-game deficit in the second set and doubled up Haas in the third-set tiebreak, 10-5.
 
Sachin Panchal picked up his first collegiate victory at sixth singles, with a 6-2, 6-0 win over Dufoe. Castillo also won by the same score at third singles.
 
In perhaps the best match of the day, DeLuca edged out Hall in two sets—6-2, 7-5. Both players displayed some brilliant tennis, but DeLuca's veteran presence was enough to move him past the Gordon sophomore. DeLuca has never lost a singles match in Commonwealth Coast Conference play.
 
Gordon falls to 5-9 (1-3 CCC) and they will look to rebound with a non-conference matchup against Johnson & Wales tomorrow afternoon at home. The Scots are undefeated in non-conference action since returning to Massachusetts.