Endicott Sweeps Men's Tennis

BEVERLY, Mass. – The Endicott men's tennis team defeated Wentworth 9-0 on Wednesday afternoon, sweeping each singles and doubles match against the Leopards to improve to 6-8 (2-2 Commonwealth Coast Conference).  Wentworth dropped to 3-4 overall and 1-3 in conference matches.

The Gulls first won all three doubles matches starting with  the #1 duo of Olivier Joggi (Stoneham, Mass.) and Jake Cohen
(Barrington, R.I.) who handed the Leopards combination of Joe Centola (Hopkinton, Mass.) and Dylan Melnik (Wake Forest, N.C.) an 8-2 defeat.  Endicott also won #2 doubles 8-0 behind the strong play of Ben Randlett (Middlebury, Vt.) and Eric Gandrup (Sudbury, Mass.).

In singles action, Joggi won in straight sets over Centola 6-3, 6-1 in the top flight followed by Porter Williams' (Raleigh, N.C.) victory over Melnik 6-1, 6-2 in second singles.  Evan Ross (Worcester, Mass.), Cohen and Randlett won #3, #4, and #5 singles in straight sets over their Wentworth opponents.

Endicott also won three doubles and six singles by Wentworth forfeit.

The Gulls host CCC foe Western New England on Saturday, April 14th at 1:00 pm while Wentworth travels to Curry on Sunday for an 11:00 am league match.

Endicott 9, Wentworth 0

Singles competition
1. Olivier Joggi (EC) def. Joe Centola (WIT) 6-3, 6-1
2. Porter Williams (EC) def. Dylan Melnik (WIT) 6-1, 6-2
3. Evan Ross (EC) def. Andy Chen (WIT) 6-0, 6-3
4. Jake Cohen (EC) def. Matt Levine (WIT) 6-1, 6-0
5. Ben Randlett (EC) def. Jia Lee (WIT) 6-2, 6-0
6. Tim Forance (EC) def. TEAM (WIT) won by forfeit

Doubles competition
1. Olivier Joggi/Jake Cohen (EC) def. Joe Centola/Dylan Melnik (WIT) 8-2
2. Ben Randlett/Eric Gandrup (EC) def. Andy Chen/Matt Levin (WIT) 8-0
3. Porter Williams/Mike Lauretano (EC) def. TEAM (WIT) won by forfeit

Match Notes
Wentworth 3-4, 1-3 CCC
Endicott 6-8, 2-2 CCC