Men’s Tennis Turns Back Wheaton, 5-4 - Stonehill

Stonehill

Wheaton (Mass.)

Doubles

Ian Tracy / Josh Anshuetz (WHE)
def. Christian Duffy / Ben Simmons (STO)

8-3

G. Duhil de Benaze / Louis Coppi (STO)
def. Albert Ortega Campos / Jack Luyrink (WHE)

8-2

Juan Riano Rojas / Trent Newman (STO)
def. Ethan Na / Elijah Hanlon (WHE)

8-6

Singles

Ian Tracy (WHE)
def. G. Duhil de Benaze (STO)

6-3, 6-3

Josh Anshuetz (WHE)
def. Christian Duffy (STO)

6-3, 6-4

Albert Ortega Campos (WHE)
def. Trent Newman (STO)

6-7 (6-8), 6-0, 6-1

Louis Coppi (STO)
def. Ethan Na (WHE)

6-0, 6-3

Luke Nickerson (STO)
def. Karl von Weissenbeck (WHE)

4-6, 6-4, 6-2

Ben Simmons (STO)
def. Jack Luyrink (WHE)

6-1, 6-1

full stats

Nickerson clinched the match with his three set win at No. 5 singles (PHOTO BY Doug Monson/Stonehill Athletics)

NORTON, Mass. (October 7, 2021) - Stonehill College closed out its fall non-conference schedule with a 5-4 triumph over Wheaton College in men's tennis action at Clark Tennis Courts this afternoon.

The Details

Junior Luke Nickerson clinched the match win for Stonehill by battling past Wheaton freshman Karl von Weissenbeck at No. 5 singles, 6-3, 4-6, 6-2.
Sophomore Louis Coppi was a double-winner to lead Stonehill. He and freshman Guillaume Duhil de Bénazé teamed up for the Skyhawks first doubles point with their 8-2 win at No. 2 doubles. Coppi followed that up with a 6-0, 6-3 win at No. 4 singles against Wheaton junior Ethan Na that gave the Skyhawks a 4-1 lead at the time.
Wheaton battled back to knot the match at 4-4 with wins and No. 1, 2 and 3 singles. Senior Ian Tracy and junior Josh Anshuetz were double-winners for the Lyons, starting by winning the Lyons lone doubles point with their 8-3 win at No. 1. Anshuetz followed with a 6-3, 6-4 victory at No. 2 singles over Stonehill junior Christian Duffy to pull the Lyons within a point after Tracy had won at No. 1 singles.
Senior Albert Ortega Campos leveled the match with his three-set win against Stonehill fifth-year Trent Newman at No. 3, 6-7 (6-8), 6-0, 6-1.
Junior Ben Simmons added a singles win for Stonehill, while Newman and senior Juan Camilo Riano Rojas chipped in a win at No. 3 doubles.

Up Next

Coppi was a double-winner for the Skyhawks

Stonehill (4-0, 0-0 NE10) will announce its spring NE10 Championship season schedule in the coming weeks. Wheaton (0-3, 0-0 NEWMAC) is off until February for a non-conference match with Endicott College on February 26.

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