Posted: Apr 06, 2013

Gunning/Isch in doubles; Nguyen in singles

Aaron Isch, in foreground, paired with Colin Gunning for a doubles victory at the Seahawks top position.

BEVERLY, Mass. – The Endicott men's tennis team defeated league opponent Salve Regina 7-2 on Saturday afternoon and after back-to-back Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) match victories this week, the Gulls are above.500 for the first time spring at 6-5 (2-2 CCC).

The Gulls return to the hard courts on Sunday for a non-conference showdown with Colby-Sawyer starting at 1 pm. Salve Regina (0-9, 0-3 CCC) returns home to face CCC rival Curry on Wednesday, April 10, at 3:30 pm.

Endicott junior Evan Ross (Worcester, Mass.) and freshman Michael Dolph (Stratford, Conn.) started off the match with a 8-2 win at #2 doubles before the Gulls squeaked by the Seahawks 9-7 in #3 doubles with a hard-fought win for junior Andrew Zurheide (New London, Conn.) and freshman Clay Arnold (Ivoryton, Conn.).

Salve Regina made it 2-1 as their #1 doubles duo of senior Aaron Isch (Tolland, Conn.) and junior Colin Gunning (Norwell, Mass.) battled their Endicott opponents to a 9-8 (7-2) win.

In singles play, sophomore Timothy Forance (Natick, Mass.) made quick work of his opposition 6-1, 6-0 followed by wins by Dolph at #6 singles 6-4, 6-1 and sophomore Justin Warshavsky (East Hartford, Conn.) at #3 singles 6-0, 6-4.

Seahawk freshman Khoa Nguyen (Haverhill, Mass.) won in straight sets 6-4, 6-3 at the fifth position to garner Salve Regina's final point of the day.

Endicott wrapped up their match with a pair of three set wins by sophomore Michael Lauretano (Winchester, Mass.) at #4 singles and Joggi at the top flighted singles position.

Tennis Match Results
Salve Regina vs Endicott
04/06/13 at Beverly, Mass.
(South Campus Courts)

Endicott 7, Salve Regina 2

Singles competition
1. Olivier Joggi (EC) def. Aaron Isch (SRU) 6-4, 2-6, 6-1
2. Timothy Forance (EC) def. Kenneth McCormack (SRU) 6-1, 6-0
3. Justin Warshavsky (EC) def. Monaf Awwa (SRU) 6-0, 6-4
4. Michael Lauretano (EC) def. Colin Gunning (SRU) 6-0, 4-6, 6-2
5. Khoa Nguyen (SRU) def. Eric Gandrup (EC) 6-4, 6-3
6. Michael Dolph (EC) def. Mike Gallerani (SRU) 6-4, 6-1

Doubles competition
1. Aaron Isch/Colin Gunning (SRU) def. Olivier Joggi/Jake Cohen (EC) 9-8 (7-2)
2. Evan Ross/Michael Dolph (EC) def. Kenneth McCormack/Brian Sweeney (SRU) 8-2
3. Andrew Zurheide/Clay Arnold (EC) def. Khoa Nguyen/Mike Gallerani (SRU) 9-7

Match Notes:
Salve Regina 0-9, 0-3 CCC
Endicott 6-5, 2-2 CCC
Official: Anne Girian