Men's Tennis Defeats Clark, 7-2

Stonehill

Clark

Doubles

Dariy Vykhodtsev / Sam Pomann (CLK)
def. Christian Duffy / Ben Simmons (STO)

8-7 (7-0)

G. Duhil de Benaze / Louis Coppi (STO)
def. Ryan Hovey / Aidan Hurtado (CLK)

8-2

Trent Newman / Luke Nickerson (STO)
def. Duncan Drapeau / Holden Moore (CLK)

8-0

Singles

Dariy Vykhodtsev (CLK)
def. G. Duhil de Benaze (STO)

6-2, 4-6, 11-9

Christian Duffy (STO)
def. Sam Pomann (CLK)

6-0, 6-2

Trent Newman (STO)
def. Ryan Hovey (CLK)

6-2, 6-1

Louis Coppi (STO)
def. Josh Podolsky (CLK)

6-0, 6-0

Luke Nickerson (STO)
def. Aidan Hurtado (CLK)

6-2, 6-0

Ben Simmons (STO)
def. J. Ofosu-Amoani (CLK)

6-0, 6-0

full stats

Newman was a double-winner and provided the match clinching point at No. 3 singles (PHOTO BY Jan Volk/SportsPix)

Newman leads three double-winners for Skyhawks

WORCESTER, Mass. (September 30, 2021) – Stonehill College posted a 7-2 victory over Clark University in a non-conference men's tennis match at Corash Tennis Courts this evening.

Highlights

Fifth-year Trent Newman, junior Luke Nickerson and sophomore Louis Coppi were all double winners to lead the way for Stonehill.
Junior Dariy Vykhodstev was a double-winner to lead the way for Clark with wins at No. 1 singles and doubles.
Juniors Christian Duffy and Ben Simmons also posted singles wins for Stonehill.

How it Happened

Stonehill opened by winning two of the three doubles matches as Coppi and freshman Guillaume Duhil de Bénazé posted an 8-2 win at No. 2 and Newman and Nickerson breezed to an 8-0 win at No. 3.
Coppi put Stonehill's first singles win on the board with a straight sets sweep of Clark junior Sam Pomann at No. 4 singles, 6-0, 6-0.
Simmons followed with a sweep of Joshua Ofosu-Amoani at No. 6 singles, 6-0, 6-0.
Newman clinched the match win for Stonehill with his 6-2, 6-1 victory at No. 3 singles against freshman Ryan Hovey.
Nickerson and Duffy closed the match out for Stonehill with their straight sets wins at No. 5 and No. 2 singles, respectively, while Vykhodtsev held off Duhil de Bénazé in a third set tiebreaker for a 6-2, 4-6, 11-9 victory at No. 1.

Up Next

Stonehill (3-0, 0-0 NE10) is back in action on Monday, when it hosts Nichols College for a non-conference match at Charles Watt Tennis Courts at 3:30 p.m. Clark (1-1, 0-0 NEWMAC) hosts Eastern Nazarene College on Friday, October 8, at 3:30 p.m.

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