Triton Men Handle Franklin Pierce, 8-1

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - The Triton men's tennis team opened the week with a dominant win over Franklin Pierce (N.H.) on Monday at the Bullard Courts, 8-1.

After taking a 2-1 lead following doubles play, Eckerd went on to sweep all six singles matches.

Will Stone and Matt Spasic held off Roberto Chong and Yuval Barak for an 8-5 win at No. 1 doubles scoring their sixth consecutive victory.  Robert Vazquez and Alejandro Vuconovic earned another point at No. 3 doubles with an 8-4 victory to give Eckerd the edge heading into singles play.

Eckerd (4-5) then quickly picked up five singles victories to secure the match.

Back from injury, Connor Masella easily handled Marcus Lawrence at No. 5 singles, 6-0 and 6-2.  Vuconovic and Vazquez then clinched the match for Eckerd with matching 6-4, 6-1 victories.

Stone and Spasic won their respective singles contests in straight sets, leaving Alasdair Knox needing to win his No. 1 singles match to finish the day.

Knox and Chong embroiled upon a three-hour match that eventually saw Knox emerge with a win via tiebreaker in the third set.  After Chong won the first set, 6-4, Knox fought back to claim the second, 6-3.  The third set was a battle from the start and had to go into a tiebreaker where Knox outlasted Chong with a 7-3 win.

"We had a great win today," said EC head coach Ben Maxwell. "We started off a little slowly in doubles but the men really picked it up in singles.  We'll be looking to feed off this energy heading into our match against PBA." 

The Tritons are back in action on Wednesday, traveling to face Palm Beach Atlantic (Fla.) in a conference contest beginning at 3:00 PM.
 

Doubles competition

1. Will Stone/Matt Spasic (ECM) def. Roberto Chong/Yuval Barak (FPU) 8-5

2. James Bisazza/Andrew Schadt (FPU) def. Alasdair Knox/Connor Masella (ECM) 8-1

3. Robert Vazquez/Alejandro Vuconovic (ECM) def. Marcus Lawrence/Matthew Toombs (FPU) 8-4

 

Singles competition

1. Alasdair Knox (ECM) def. Roberto Chong (FPU) 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7-3)

2. Will Stone (ECM) def. James Bisazza (FPU) 6-3, 6-1

3. Matt Spasic (ECM) def. Yuval Barak (FPU) 6-1, 6-2

4. Robert Vazquez (ECM) def. Andrew Schadt (FPU) 6-4, 6-1

5. Connor Masella (ECM) def. Marcus Lawrence (FPU) 6-0, 6-2

6. Alejandro Vuconovic (ECM) def. Matthew Toombs (FPU) 6-4, 6-1