Falcons Win Second Straight NE-10 Title, 5-4 over SNHU
GOFFSTOWN, N.H. – Bentley University won its second straight Northeast-10 men's tennis championship Saturday night with a 5-4 victory over top-seeded Southern New Hampshire. Freshman Andrew Waddington (Granby, Conn./Granby Memorial) and junior Victor Suski (West Hartford, Conn./William Hall) won the final two singles matches to give Bentley the victory.
With Southern leading 4-3 after NE-10 Player of the Year Mitchell Dobek defeated sophomore Lucas Wever (Sao Paulo, Brazil/Chapel School) 7-6 (7-1), 7-6 (8-6) in number one singles, Bentley needed to win the last two singles matches still in progress to win.
Waddington won his match first to knot the match at four, defeating John Niland 6-3, 6-2 in number six singles. Suski then defeated Tim Hamilton 6-4, 6-3 in number five singles to clinch the fifth NE-10 title in program history.
The Penmen led 2-1 after the doubles matches. Juniors Alec Spycher (Sarasota, Fla./Saint Stephens Episcopal) and Zach Tuckman (Kinnelon, N.J./Morristown Beard School) earned the point for Bentley, blanking Dobek and Jared Wright 8-0 in the second-flight.
When the match moved to singles Spycher made it 2-2, beating Wright 6-1, 6-4 in the fourth-flight, and sophomore Rodrigo Ribeiro (Sao Paulo, Brazil/Chapel School) gave Bentley a 3-2 advantage with a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Alex Mukdaprakorn in the third-flight.
Southern though took the lead back at 4-3 when Juan Arango-Campo bested Tuckman 6-3, 6-2 in the second-flight and Dobek beat Wever.
Bentley, now 13-7 overall, will advance to the NCAA Tournament for the third straight year and fifth time in six years.
Box Score
At Goffstown, N.H.
Northeast-10 Championship
Bentley 5, Southern New Hampshire 4
Doubles
No. 1 Juan Arango-Campo/Alex Mukdaprakorn (SNH) def. Lucas Wever/Rodrigo Ribeiro (B) 8-5
No. 2 Alec Spycher/Zach Tuckman (B) def. Mitchell Dobek/Jared Wright (SNH) 8-0
No. 3 John Niland/Tim Hamilton (SNH) def. Victor Suski/Andrew Waddington (B) 8-6
Singles
No. 1 Dobek (SNH) def. Wever (BEN) 7-6 (7-1), 7-6 (8-6)
No. 2 Arango-Campo (SNH) def. Tuckman (BEN) 6-3, 6-2
No. 3 Ribeiro (BEN) def. Mukdaprakorn (SNH) 6-3, 6-3
No. 4 Spycher (BEN) def. Wright (SNH) 6-1, 6-4
No. 5 Suski (BEN) def. Hamilton (SNH) 6-4, 6-3
No. 6 Waddington (BEN) def. Niland (SNH) 6-3, 6-2