HAVERHILL AND WEYMOUTH, Mass. – Following an extended break, the Boston University men's tennis team earned a doubleheader sweep over in-state foes Merrimack and Stonehill on Saturday afternoon.
The Terriers (2-2) first dispatched the Warriors, 4-1, at the Cedardale Health and Fitness Center in Haverhill and then cruised to a 7-0 win against the Skyhawks (6-2) at The Weymouth Club.
Junior
Jonah Dickson was a perfect 4-0 on the day to lead BU, earning a pair of singles wins in straight sets at line 3 while also teaming with sophomore
Cole Knutsen for two doubles victories. Overall, the Terriers prevailed in nine of the 10 singles matches in straight sets with the lone loss being decided in a super tiebreaker. They also won four of the five completed doubles contests.
Knutsen had the most impressive singes win, blanking Stonehill's Donovan Rodrigues at line 5, while junior
Ben Letzer dropped just one game in the same spot to Merrimack's Valentin Riveros.
BU will next play three matches on Feb. 11-12, first visiting Adelphi in Cumberland, Rhode Island, at 8:45 a.m. and then traveling to MIT at 6 p.m. The weekend will end at Brown with a 10 a.m. start.
MATCH 1: Boston University - 4, Merrimack - 1
SINGLES
1) Aryaan Bhatia (MC) def.
Dion Loutas (BU): 6-2, 3-6, 1-0 (13-11)
2)
Corey Craig (BU) led Henrik Lindeman (MC): 6-1, 6-5
3)
Jonah Dickson (BU) def. Andre Singer (MC): 6-3, 7-5
4)
Alejandro Licea (BU) def. Charles Robertson (MC): 6-1, 6-1
5)
Ben Letzer (BU) def. Valentin Riveros (MC): 6-1, 6-0
6)
Cole Knutsen (BU) led Daksh Agarwal (MC): 7-5, 2-2
DOUBLES
1)
Johann Sajonz /
Adrian Pawlowski (BU) tied with Bhatia/Lindeman (MC): 6-6
2) Licea/Loutas (BU) def. Robertson/Riveros (MC): 6-4
3) Knutsen/Dickson (BU) def. Agarwal/Pedro de Godoy Mancini (MC): 6-0
MATCH 2: Boston University - 7, Stonehill - 0
SINGLES
1)
Dion Loutas (BU) def. Mateo Mallen (SC): 6-2, 6-1
2)
Corey Craig (BU) def. Christian Duffy (SC): 6-1, 6-1
3)
Jonah Dickson (BU) def. Mathias Langaard (SC): 6-3, 6-2
4)
Adrian Pawlowski (BU) def. Guillaume Duhil de Benaze (SC): 7-5, 6-3
5)
Cole Knutsen (BU) def. Donovan Rodrigues (SC): 6-0, 6-0
6)
Johann Sajonz (BU) def. Mark Kroll (SC): 6-4, 6-1
DOUBLES
1) Mallen/de Benaze (SC) def. Sajonz/Pawlowski (BU): 6-2
2) Knutsen/Dickson (BU) def. Duffy/Langaard (SC): 6-3
3) Craig/Letzer (BU) def. Kroll/Nathaniel Graves (SC): 6-4