Men's Tennis Opens Season with Win at Rhode Island College

Leopards double up Anchormen, 6-3, with Pranav Marwaha providing the match-clinching point

Team Stats

Game Statistics	Wentworth	Rhode Island College
Score	6	3

Doubles

Daniel Gallegos / Eric Doraci def. Jack Cadden / Josh Brien 8-4
Pranav Marwaha / Rene Rodriguez def. Elijah Gouin / Zach Siemmao 8-2
Andrew Fanning / Brady Tupper def. Thomas Kot / James Weete 8-3

Singles

Daniel Gallegos def. Jack Cadden 6-2 , 6-2
Pranav Marwaha def. Josh Brien 6-4 , 7-5
Rene Rodriguez def. Elijah Gouin 6-2 , 6-1
Zach Siemmao def. Eric Doraci 6-1 , 6-2
Andrew Fanning def. Owen Conlon 6-1 , 6-7 (4-7) , 10-1
Kevin Shields def. Brady Tupper 6-0 , 6-7 (2-7) , 10-5

September 28, 2022

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Junior Daniel Gallegos (Monterey, Mexico), sophomore Pranav Marwaha (Nashua, N.H.), and freshman Rene Rodriguez (Doral, Fla) each picked up two wins as the Wentworth Institute of Technology men's team opened its season with a 6-3 win at Rhode Island College (0-1).

HOW IT HAPPENED:

Rhode Island College picked up the first point of the match, coming at No. 3 doubles as sophomore Andrew Fanning (Greenville, R.I.) teamed with classmate Brady Tupper (Pascoag, R.I.) to defeat Wentworth freshmen Thomas Kot (Farmington, Conn.) and James Weete (Dover, N.H.), 8-3.
Wentworth took the other two doubles points, starting at No. 2 when Marwaha teamed with Rodriguez for an 8-2 win over sophomores Elijah Gouin (Glocester, R.I.) and Zach Siemmao (Wakefield, R.I.). At No. 1, Gallegos and freshman Eric Doraci (Natick, Mass.) were 8-4 winners over junior Jack Cadden (Mattapoisett, Mass.) and junior Josh Brien (Johnston, R.I.).
The Anchormen tied the match at 2-all when Siemmao defeated Doraci at No. 4, 6-1, 6-2 before Gallegos gave the Leopards a 3-2 lead when he won at No. 1, 6-2, 6-2, over Cadden. Rodriguez gave Wentworth a 4-2 lead when he won at No. 3, 6-2, 6-1, over Gouin.
Fanning cut the lead to 4-3 when he picked up a 6-1, 6-7 (4-7), 10-1 win over senior Owen Conlon (Cataument, Mass.) at No. 5. Marwaha clinched the match for the Black & Gold with a 6-4, 7-5 win at No. 2 over Brien, while senior Kevin Sheilds (East Longmeadow, Mass.) was a 6-0, 6-7 (2-7), 10-5 winner over Tupper at No. 6

NEXT UP:

Wentworth is at Salem State on Tuesday.

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