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Nighthawks Win First Match in 2008
Nighthawks Win First Match in 2008
The Newbury College Men's Tennis team won their first match of the season this afternoon, defeating Lesley University 6-3, in Chestnut Hill, MA.
With a solid all around team performance the Nighthawks of Newbury College picked up their first team win in 2008 with outstanding efforts from Matthew Sadowski (Agawam, MA/Feeding Hills), Tim McMillan (Haverhill, MA/Haverhill), Ryan Sevieri (Canton, MA/Canton), and Bryan McDermand (Palatine, IL/Montini Catholic) who all recorded victories in singles action. Sadowski battled a tough Peter Lauer (Eugene, Ore.) in the number two singles spot defeating him 7-5, 6-0, while McMillan and Sevieri dominated their opponents 6-3, 6-4 and 6-1, 6-3. McDermand went point for point with Scott Wheeler (East Hampton, Conn) before defeating him in a tie breaker first set 7-6 (7-5) and then finishing out the match 6-4. On the doubles side McDermand and Matt Talamantes (Sylmar, CA/Viewpoint) secured a victory by a score of 8-4.
Despite the loss playing well for the Lynx was Zach Rocha (New Bedford, Mass) who won in the first singles spot with a score of 6-0, 6-0 and also won his doubles match with Fran Cusick (Lexington, Mass) with the score 8-1.
The Nighthawks' next match is on the road Thursday April 17th at Albertus Mangus College, start time is 3:30pm.
