Men's Tennis Season Ends With a 9-0 Loss at Eastern Nazarene

Men's Tennis Season Ends With a 9-0 Loss at Eastern Nazarene

QUINCY, Mass. - The Eastern Nazarene men's tennis team captured a 9-0 victory over Curry Thursday afternoon in the final match of the regular season. The Lions wrap up the regular season with an 8-9 record and a 5-3 mark in the Commonwealth Coast Conference. The Colonels fall to 2-14 on the year and 1-7 in league play with the loss.

With the win, Eastern Nazarene secured the No. 4 seed in the Commonwealth Coast Conference Tournament and a quarterfinal home match for the third consecutive season.

The hosts glided to three doubles wins to seize a 3-0 lead. Sam McKay-Corkum and Tyler Perron blanked Curry's Toma Blatchford and Valvel Temin 8-0 at the No. 1 spot. Davis Steelman and senior Nick Thompson breezed past Nicholas Ironside and Lucas Donaway at the second  doubles position, 8-0. Kevin Paterno and Yahalel Carter topped Cory Flax and Benjamin Katz 8-1 at the No. 3 slot.

Eastern Nazarene notched six singles victories to complete the sweep. McKay-Corkum bested Blatchford at the top singles position 6-0, 6-0. Perron picked up a 6-1, 6-0 win over Temin at the No. 2 spot. Paterno claimed a 6-4, 6-2 victory at the No. 3 slot over Donaway while Steelman downed Flax 6-0, 6-0 at the fourth position. Playing in his final regular season match for the Lions, Thompson netted a 6-2, 6-0 victory over Ironside at the No. 5 spot. Shane Bookhultz improved to 2-0 on the spring in singles action with a 6-2, 6-0 decision in the sixth singles match.

Up next, fourth-seeded Eastern Nazarene will host fifth-seeded Western New England in the quarterfinals of the Commonwealth Coast Conference Tournament. (Recap courtesy of ENC Sports Information)