April 28, 2011

Lesley and Mitchell Share the 2011 NECC Men’s Tennis Champion Title

ATTLEBORO, Mass.—This season ended with the Lesley University Lynx sharing a piece of the 2011 New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) Men's Tennis title with the now three-time champions Mariners of Mitchell College. Both Lesley and Mitchell finished conference play with a 7-1 record splitting with each other during the season. Lesley (9-1 overall) won on April 2^nd 5-4, while Mitchell (10-2 overall) came back and took the second meeting 8-1 on April 27^th.

The Lynx are led by Head Coach Marty Morrissey, while the Mariners' head coach is Rick Carmona.

Coming in third was the Hawks of Becker College 4-4 NECC record and 5-8 overall. The Wildcats of Wheelock College(2-6, 2-8) and the Nighthawks of Newbury College (0-8, 0-10) finished fourth and fifth in the conference play.

The 2011 NECC Men's Tennis Championship is determined solely on regular season conference matches.

The 2011 New England Collegiate Conference Men's Tennis Championship Tournament will be an individual flighted tournament that is based upon student-athletes' singles and doubles conference records played with having played at least 50% of their matches at a set position. Players are seeded as individual players and seeds are not based on a team's finish.

Championship play will begin this weekend on Saturday, May 2 hosted by Mitchell College on their campus courts. Semi-finals doubles action will begin at 10:00 a.m. The semi-finals singles flights will begin at 10:00 p.m. on Saturday. The championships will conclude on Sunday, May 3 where the final winners will be awarded for all six singles flights and all three doubles flights.

2011 New England Collegiate Conference Men's Tennis Championships
Hosted by Mitchell College, New Haven, Conn.
Saturday, April 30 and Sunday, May 1

Becker (BC), Lesley (LU), Mitchell (MC), Newbury (NC) and Wheelock (WC)

SATURDAY, April 30
10:00 a.m.
DOUBLES

Flight One:
1. #1 Doubles vs. #4 Doubles: Kyle Carmona/Rocco Devona (MC, 6-0) vs. Jake Gilbert/Ryan Piquette (BC, 2-6)
2. #2 Doubles vs. #3 Doubles: David Newton/Alex Zhitnik (LU, 6-1) vs. Wilson Chang/Bobby Venning (WC 4-2)

Flight Two:
3. #1 Doubles vs. #4 Doubles: Tyler Engleberg/Alex Fusco (MC, 6-0) vs. Tyler Linhares/Claire O'Donoghue (WC 2-3)
4. #2 Doubles vs. #3 Doubles: Christian Domingo/Nick Mattox (LU, 6-2) vs. Tim Howard/Branden Parkhouse (BC 5-3)

Flight Three:
5. #1 Doubles vs. #4 Doubles: Matt Graham/Josh Rasmussen (BC 5-1) vs. BYE
6. #2 Doubles vs. #3 Doubles: Adam Samuels/Andrew Small (MC 3-1) vs. Beau Morimando/Tyler Reeves (LU 2-2)

12:00 p.m.
SINGLES

Flight One:
7. #1 Singles vs. #4 Singles: Kyle Carmona (MC, 6-0) vs. Benjamin Weiner (NC 2-5)
8. #2 Singles vs. #3 Singles: David Newton (LU, 6-2) vs. Wilson Chang (WC 4-4)

Flight Two:
9. #1 Singles vs. #4 Singles: Rocco Devona (MC, 5-0) vs. Tim Howard (BC 2-5)
10. #2 Singles vs. #3 Singles: Nick Mattox (LU, 6-2) vs. Robert Venning (WC, 3-3)

Flight Three:
11. #1 Singles vs. #4 Singles: Tyler Engleberg (MC, 5-0) vs. Tyler Linhares (WC 2-3)
12. #2 Singles vs. #3 Singles: Paolo DiPietrantonio (LU 4-2) vs. Branden Parkhouse (BC 3-4)

Flight Four:
13. #1 Singles vs. #4 Singles: Adam Samuels (MC 5-0) vs. Claire O'Donoghue (WC 0-5)
14. #2 Singles vs. #3 Singles: Alex Zhitnik (LU 4-2) vs. Brian Piquette (BC 4-3)

Flight Five:
15. #1 Singles vs. #4 Singles: Christian Domingo (LU, 5-0) vs. Irene Gonzalez (WC 0-5)
16. #2 Singles vs. #3 Singles: Andrew Small (MC 4-1) vs. Matt Graham (BC 3-4)

Flight Six:
17. #1 Singles vs. #4 Singles: Josh Rasmussen (BC 4-0) vs. Lauren Webber (WC 0-4)
18. #2 Singles vs. #3 Singles: Alex Fusco (MC 3-1) vs. Tyler Reeves (LU, 3-2)

(Records shown are based on their play at that particular position)
*All seeding are based on amount of play at particular position during conference play with 50% rule followed.

SUNDAY, May 1
10:00 a.m.
DOUBLES

Flight One:
19. Winners of #1/#4 vs. Winners of #2/#3

Flight Two:
20. Winners of #1/#4 vs. Winners of #2/#3

Flight Three:
21. Winners of #1/#4 vs. Winners of #2/#3

12:00 p.m.
SINGLES

Flight One:
22. Winner of #1/#4 vs. Winner of #2/#3

Flight Two:
23. Winner of #1/#4 vs. Winner of #2/#3

Flight Three:
24. Winner of #1/#4 vs. Winner of #2/#3

Flight Four:
25. Winner of #1/#4 vs. Winner of #2/#3

Flight Five:
26. Winner of #1/#4 vs. Winner of #2/#3

Flight Six:
27. Winner of #1/#4vs. Winner of #2/#3