Freshman Fronts Stonehill's Post Season Push
Results
Easton, Mass. - It took the Stonehill College Men's Tennis
team (16-5, 9-1 Northeast-10 Conference) a little over two hours to
defeat the Saint Michael's College Purple Knights (8-7, 7-3
Northeast-10 Conference), 9-0. Freshman Tim
Fayed (Glastonbury, Conn./Glastonbury) completed the
Skyhawks' sweep with a 6-2, 6-3 win at second singles over Sean
Steigerwald. The first year stand-out finishes the regular
season with a 14-5 overall record, 7-2 in the NE-10.
Earlier in the contest, Fayed teamed with Michael Mashkevich (Framingham, Mass./Framingham) to defeat Jon Lescure and Torr Terranova at first doubles competition, 8-4. Mashkevich later defeated Lescure at first singles, 6-1, 6-4, for Stonehill's eighth win of the match.
Jason Allegretti (Lincoln, R.I./Lincoln) completed a 3-0 week with wins over Saint Anselm, Merrimack, and Saint Michael's College. Today it was Craig Lindabery who suffered a 6-2, 6-1 defeat at the hands of Allegretti, who improved to his record to 15-4. Allegretti's .789 winning percentage is tops among Skyhawks with at least 10 wins.
William Herchel (Hampden, Mass./Minnechaug), who teamed with Allegretti for a 8-3 win at second singles, defeated Andrew Bolduc 6-2, 6-2 at fourth singles. Herchel and Allegretti share the teams' most individual victories (15).
Mike Leone (Cataumet, Mass./Bourne) and senior John McGaffigan (Dedham, Mass./Dedham) each increased their undefeated Conference records with wins at fifth and sixth singles. The pair are a combined 12-0 in singles competition. At the third doubles spot, Leone and McGaffigan improved to 5-0 with a 8-2 win over Bolduc and Dave Besseser.
The win clinched the second seed the Northeast-10 Conference Championship Tournament for the Skyhawks. They will host the seventh seed on Tuesday in the Quarter Finals. The match is scheduled for 2:00 p.m.
