Men's Tennis Tripped up at Salem State

Leopards fall to Vikings, 7-2, with Jarrett North and Seng Ly claiming points for Wentworth

Team Stats

Game Statistics	Wentworth	Salem St.
Score	2	7

Doubles

John Didonato / Andrew Muttiah def. Tyler Hall / Jeff Tocco 8-2
Chen Chen / Roni Brazile def. Jarrett North / Alex Mularski 8-1
Noah Hodgkins / Mitchell Dyer def. Seng Ly / Mun Chet 8-2

Singles

Andrew Muttiah def. Jeff Tocco 6-2 , 6-0
Chen Chen def. Tyler Hall 7-5 , 6-4
Jarrett North def. John Didonato 6-3 , 6-4
Seng Ly def. Roni Brazile 4-6 , 7-5 , 11-9
Mitchell Dyer def. Alex Mularski 6-2 , 6-0
Noah Hodgkins def. Matt Roberts 6-0 , 6-4

March 31, 2018

SALEM, Mass. – A sweep of the doubles matches gave the Salem State men's tennis team a 3-0 lead and the Vikings never looked back in a 7-2 win over Wentworth Institute of Technology in non-conference action Saturday afternoon.

With the win the Vikings improve to 4-3 while the Leopards fall to 2-5.

Senior John Didonato (Newbury, Mass.) and freshman Andrew Muttiah (Westwood, Mass.) picked up an 8-2 win at No. 1 doubles over freshman Tyler Hall (Framingham, Mass.) and senior Jeff Tocco (Plymouth, Mass.). At No. 3, sophomore Noah Hodgkins (Winthrop, Mass.) teamed with classmate Mitchell Dyer (North Attleboro, Mass.) to earn an 8-2 win over senior Seng Ly (Lynn, Mass.) and sophomore Mun Chet (Braintree, Mass.). The doubles sweep was completed when junior Chen Chen (Lawrence, Mass.) and freshman Roni Brazile (Brockton, Mass.) defeated freshman Jarrett North (Roanoke, Texas) and sophomore Alex Mularski (Auburn, Mass.), 8-1.

Dyer gave Salem State a 4-0 lead with a 6-2, 6-0 win over Mularski at No. 5 before Muttiah's 6-2, 6-0 win over Tocco at No. 1 clinched the match. Hodgkins bested freshman Matt Roberts (Westfield, Mass.), 6-0, 6-4, at No. 6, making it 6-0 in favor of the Vikings. North got Wentworth on the board with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Didonato at No. 3 and Ly followed suit with a 4-6, 7-5, 11-9 win over Brazile at No. 4. Chen completed the match with a 7-5, 6-4 win over Hall at No. 2.

Wentworth is at Salve Regina on Saturday.

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