Men's Tennis Opens Spring Season With Loss to Bentley

Leopards suffer 8-1 setback to the Falcons; freshman Jeff Tocco wins at number four singles

Team Stats

Game Statistics	Wentworth	Bentley
Score	1	8

Doubles

Kamil Pilch / Alex DeMuth def. Matthew Smith / Nate Schwartz 8-2
Chase Rosa / Jerry Liang def. James Drum / Jeff Tocco 8-5
Brendan McCarthy / Alberto Riveroll def. Josh Dowd / Zach Peter 8-0

Singles

Kamil Pilch def. Matthew Smith 6-1 , 6-0
George Samander def. James Drum 6-3 , 6-3
Chase Rosa def. Nate Schwartz 6-0 , 6-2
Jeff Tocco def. Jerry Liang 6-3 , 1-6 , 6-3
Evan Chomka def. Dylan Melnik 6-0 , 6-0
Samuel Klau def. Zach Peter 6-0 , 6-0

February 28, 2015

HAVERHILL, Mass. – The Wentworth Institute of Technology men's tennis team opened the spring portion of its schedule on Saturday afternoon by suffering an 8-1 setback to Division II Bentley.

With the win the Falcons improve to 3-1 on the season while the Leopards fall to 0-2.

The Leopards were sept in doubles play as junior Josh Dowd (Bristol, Conn.) and sophomore Zach Peter (Preston, Conn.) fell, 8-0, at number three, sophomores Matthew Smith (Pelham, N.H.) and Nate Schwartz (Chester Springs, Pa.) lost, 8-2, at number one, and junior James Drum (Madison, Conn.) and freshman Jeff Tocco (Plymouth, Mass.) lost at number two by an 8-5 score.

In singles play, Smith was defeated at number one (6-1, 6-0), senior Dylan Melnik (Raleigh, N.C.) dropped a 6-0, 6-0 decision at number five, Schwartz fell at number three (6-0, 6-2), Drum was bested at number two (6-3, 6-3), and Peter suffered a 6-0, 6-0 setback at number six. Tocco earned the Leopards' lone point at number four with a 6-3, 1-6, 6-3 win.

Wentworth resumes play on March 18 at Bridgewater State.