Men's Tennis Rallies for Win

BOSTON, Mass. – The Wentworth men's tennis team won its final four singles matches to erase a 3-2 deficit and claim a 6-3 victory over Emerson in a non-conference contest played on the Wentworth campus.

Emerson took a 1-0 lead when Brent Walkoff and Mitchell Lance took an 8-3 win over the Leopards' Thuan Nguyen (Randolph, Mass.) and Nate Gove (Scarborough, Maine). Wentworth took the next two doubled flights with senior Joe Centola (Hopkinton, Mass.) teaming with junior Dave Filar (Wolcott, Conn.) to take number two, 8-6. Freshman Dylan Melnik (Wake Forest, N.C.) teamed with sophomore Andy Chen (New Taipei City, Taiwan) to win, 8-1, at number three.

Nguyen and Gove were defeated at number one and two singles, respectively, to give the Lions a 3-2 lead before Melnik used a straight set win at number five to even the match.

The Leopards took a 4-3 lead when Chen pulled out a 7-5, 5-7, 7-6 (7-4) win at number six and Centola's 6-7 (4-7), 6-4, 6-2 win at number three clinched the match for Wentworth. Filar closed out the match with a straight set win at number four.

The win snaps a two-match losing streak for the Leopards, who are at Western New England on Saturday.

Wentworth 6, Emerson 3

 Singles competition
1. Kevin Blisniuk (EME) def. Thuan Nguyen (WIT) 6-3, 6-2
2. Brent Walkoff (EME) def. Nate Gove (WIT) 6-2, 6-1
3. Joe Centola (WIT) def. Mitchell Lance (EME) 6-7 (4-7), 6-4, 6-2
4. Dave Filar (WIT) def. Zack Connolly (EME) 6-4, 6-4
5. Dylan Melnik (WIT) def. Nate Fuller (EME) 6-3, 6-4
6. Andy Chen (WIT) def. Maxwell Abbushi (EME) 7-5, 5-7, 7-6 (7-4)

 Doubles competition
1. Brent Walkoff/Mitchell Lance (EME) def. Thuan Nguyen/Nate Gove (WIT) 8-3
2. Joe Centola/Dave Filar (WIT) def. Kevin Blisniuk/Zack Connolly (EME) 8-6
3. Dylan Melnik/Andy Chen (WIT) def. Nate Fuller/Maxwell Abbushi (EME) 8-1

Match Notes:
Emerson 3-4
Wentworth 3-2
Order of finish: Doubles (1,2,3); Singles (1,2,5,6,3,4)