Skyhawks Tie for 2nd at Stonehill Invitational
Burke reaches final for 4th-flight singles, Bergeron/Cusimano doubles finalists
EASTON, Mass. (October 5, 2009) - The Stonehill College men's tennis team finished among three teams tied for second at its Stonehill Invitational held Saturday and Sunday. The Skyhawks finished with 14 points, with two finalists at the flighted event.
Merrimack College won the team title with 20 points, while Stonehill, Connecticut College and The College of the Holy Cross all tied for second with 14. Nichols College (12 pts), Salve Regina University (8), Bridgewater State College (2) and Curry College (1) rounded out the eight-team field.
Stonehill sophomore Jonathan Burke (Wakefield, R.I./South Kingstown) and the Skyhawks doubles team of sophomores Aaron Bergeron (Gorham, Maine/Gorham) and Chris Cusimano (Jamestown, N.Y./Southwestern) reached the finals of their events. Burke fell to Merrimack's Liam Hoare in a 6-7, 6-4, 10-6 battle in the No. 4-flight singles final. Bergeron and Cusimano were handed an 8-0 setback to Chad Strong and Zack Rosenfeld of Salve Regina in the doubles final.
Matt Wierzer from Holy Cross won the top-flight singles with a 6-3, 6-2 win over George King of Connecticut College. Justin DeLuca of Nichols won the No. 2 singles final with a 6-1, 6-4 decision over Petar Golijanin of Merrimack, while Merrimack's Sean Pahller topped Colin Tasi from Connecticut College in the No. 3 singles final, 6-1, 6-2.
This weekend's event closed out the fall season for Stonehill (2-1, 1-0 NE-10) who will continue their drive for a second-straight Northeast-10 Conference championship in the spring. The Skyhawks have won 15-straight NE-10 regular season dual matches entering the spring season.
