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Wheaton blanks Salve Regina in men's tennis indoors, 9-0

Salve Regina men's tennis clears its courts on Leroy Avenue from the more than four feet of snow that fell during the winter of 2015.
Salve Regina men's tennis clears its courts on Leroy Avenue from the more than four feet of snow that fell during the winter of 2015.

EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Wheaton College men's tennis team shutout Salve Regina University, 9-0, on Monday afternoon in non-conference action at the Centre Court tennis facilities.

Juniors Will White (Nantucket, Mass./Cape Cod Academy) and Shreve Archer (Pebble Beach, Calif./Stevenson School) won their respective singles matches in straight sets (6-0, 6-0) as White defeated Donovan Gangewere (Exton, Pa./Henderson) at No. 1 and Archer turned away Matthew Carroll (Hackensack, N.J./Hackensack) at the No. 3 position.

Senior captain Lawrence Chan (Lincoln, R.I./Wheeler School) claimed a 6-3, 6-0 triumph at No. 2 singles, while sophomore Alden Zeff (Stratham, N.H./St. Stephen's Episcopal School) won 6-1, 6-2 at No. 4. First-year Tyler Butler (Portland, Maine/Deering) was victorious at the No. 5 slot with a 6-2, 6-3 score and junior Jim Beaton (Groveland, Mass./Pentucket Regional) posted a 6-1, 6-3 triumph at No. 6.

In doubles, White and Chan bested Gangewere and Jack Lawlor (York, Maine/York) at the No. 1 position by an 8-3 margin, while Archer and Zeff posted an 8-1 win at No. 2 and Beaton and Butler registered an 8-2 victory in the final doubles match.

Wheaton (2-0) hosts Eastern Nazarene in a non-conference matchup on Wednesday, March 18 at 4 p.m. Salve Regina (0-5) hosts Gordon College on Saturday, March 21 at 1 p.m.