Men's Tennis Evens Record With Win Over Curry

MILTON, Mass. – Paced by two doubles wins and five singles wins, the Wentworth men's tennis team evened its record on the season with a 7-2 win over Curry in a Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) match on Sunday in Milton. With the win, the Leopards improve to 4-4 overall and 2-3 in league play. The Colonels fall to 0-12 overall and 0-5 in conference action.

Wentworth got straight-set singles wins from four players. Junior Juan Rodriguez (Quito, Ecuador) defeated junior Tyler Collins (Oyster Bay, N.Y.), 6-0, 6-0, at #1; senior Nate Gove (Scarborough, Maine) took care of junior Lucas Donaway (Foxboro, Mass.), 6-1, 6-3, at #3; sophomore Andy Chen (New Taipei City, Taiwan) knocked off freshman Eric Hellberg (Somers, N.Y.), 6-4, 6-1,  at #5; and senior Matt Levine (Brockton, Mass.) defeated freshman Jonathon Schutzman (Bellmore, N.Y.), 6-1, 6-2, at #6.

The Leopards got their fifth singles point from senior Joe Centola (Hopkinton, Mass.), who outlasted freshman Cameron Chamberlain (Scituate, Mass.), 5-7, 6-3, 1-0 (10-7) , at #2.

Freshman Joe Berger (Middleboro, Mass.) picked up Curry's lone singles point by handling freshman Dylan Melnik (Wake Forest, N.C.), 6-0, 6-2, at #4.

Earlier, in the doubles competition, the visitors went 2-1, as Gove and Rodriguez knocked off Collins and Chamberlain, 8-3, at #1; and Centola and Melnik blanked Donaway and Berger, 8-0, at #2. The Colonels captured the #3 doubles match, as Hellberg and Schutzman edged Chen and Levine, 8-6.

Both teams resume play on Tuesday with 3:30 p.m. CCC road matches, as Wentworth visits Salve Regina and Curry travels to Nichols.

(Portions of the Release Courtesy of Curry Sports Information)

Wentworth 7, Curry 2

 Singles competition
1. Juan Rodriguez (WIT) def. Tyler Collins (CC) 6-0, 6-0
2. Joe Centola (WIT) def. Cameron Chamberlain (CC) 5-7, 6-3, 1-0 (10-7)
3. Nate Gove (WIT) def. Lucas Donaway (CC) 6-1, 6-3
4. Joe Berger (CC) def. Dylan Melnik (WIT) 6-0, 6-2
5. Andy Chen (WIT) def. Eric Hellberg (CC) 6-4, 6-1
6. Matt Levine (WIT) def. Jonathon Schutzman (CC) 6-1, 6-2

 Doubles competition
1. Nate Gove/Juan Rodriguez (WIT) def. Tyler Collins/Cameron Chamberlain (CC) 8-3
2. Joe Centola/Dylan Melnik (WIT) def. Lucas Donaway/Joe Berger (CC) 8-0
3. Eric Hellberg/Jonathon Schutzman (CC) def. Andy Chen/Matt Levine (WIT) 8-6

Match Notes:
Wentworth 4-4, 2-3 CCC
Curry 0-12, 0-5 CCC
Order of finish: Doubles (1,2,3); Singles (1,4,3,5,6,2)