Men's Tennis Wins Eight Titles at NECC Championship
PAWCATUCK, Conn. – The Mitchell College men’s tennis
won eight out of nine titles at the 2010 New England Collegiate
Conference (NECC) Men’s Tennis Championship on Sunday at the
Stonington High School Tennis Courts.
The Mariners swept all three flights of doubles before winning all
but one flight in singles. All seven Mitchell players who competed
won in either doubles or singles and earned all-tournament
honors.
The day started with three flights of doubles finals. The Mariners
cruised to victory at the No. 1 flight against Becker, with
sophomore Kyle Carmona and freshman Rocco
Devona rolling to finals of 6-1 and 6-0. Sophomores Tyler
Engleberg and Alex
Fusco took care of business in the No. 3 flight, defeating
Lesley’s squad by scores of 6-1 and 6-3.
The doubles match at the No. 2 flight was closely contested between
Mitchell‘s Chris
White and Adam Samuels and Lesley’s Christian
Domingo and Nick Mattox. The Mariners needed a third set to pull
off the upset over the top-seeded Lesley team. After dropping the
first set 3-6, White and Samuels rebounded to post 6-4, 6-4
victories in the final two sets to take the match.
The best singles match of the afternoon took place at the No. 5
flight between Samuels and Domingo, who each had little time to
rest following their three-set showdown in doubles. Samuels won the
first set 6-4 but Domingo answered back to take the second set by
the same score. The two then battled in an epic third set, with
Domingo jumping out to a 4-1 lead. Samuels fought his way
back—saving two match points along the way—to go up 6-5
with a chance to serve for the win. In the following game, Domingo
fought off three match points to send the contest to a tiebreaker,
where he prevailed 7-2 for the victory.
No other singles match went to a third set. Carmona defeated
Becker’s Charles Heard by 6-4, 6-2 finals at the No. 1 flight
while Devona posted a 6-2, 6-1 victory over Mattox at the No. 2
flight. Engleberg (6-2, 6-0) and White (6-0, 6-3) were each
victorious at the No. 3 and 4 flight, respectively, while freshman
Alamin Ripon rallied back from a 5-2 deficit in the
first set to win 7-5, 6-1 over Becker’s Braden Parkhouse at
the No. 6 flight.
Following the matches individual awards were handed out by NECC
Commissioner Del Malloy and Mitchell AD Mo White. The Mariners were
also presented with a plaque for winning the NECC Championship by
virtue of their undefeated regular season.
The NECC Championship was the last scheduled event for the
men’s tennis team this spring.
2010 New England Collegiate Conference Men’s Tennis
Championships
Hosted by Mitchell College, Pawcatuck, Conn. (Stonington High
School)
Saturday, May 1 and Sunday, May 2
Becker (BC), Lesley (LU), Mitchell (MC), Newbury (NC) and
Wheelock (WC)
FINALS
SUNDAY, May 2 - 10:30 a.m.
DOUBLES
Flight One:
19. Kyle Carmona/Rocco Devona (MC, 10-0) def. Charles Heard/ Chris
Parker (BC, 5-3) 6-1, 6-0 MC
Flight Two:
20. Christian Domingo/Nick Mattox (LU, 8-1) lost to Adam
Samuels/Chris White (MC, 6-3) 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 MC
Flight Three:
21. Tyler Engleberg/Alex Fusco (MC, 7-0) def. Tyler Reeves/Scott
Wheeler (LU, 4-4) 6-1, 6-3 MC
12:30 p.m.
SINGLES
Flight One:
22. Kyle Carmona (MC, 10-0) def. Charles Heard (BC, 6-4) 6-4,
6-3 MC
Flight Two:
23. Rocco Devona (MC, 8-0) def. Nick Mattox (LU, 7-3) 6-2,
6-1 MC
Flight Three:
24. Tyler Engleberg (MC, 8-0) def. Benjamin Weiner (NC, 2-8) 6-2,
6-0 MC
Flight Four:
25. Chris White (MC, 8-0) def. Jake Gilbert (BC, 5-2) 6-0, 6-3
MC
Flight Five:
26. Christian Domingo (LU, 8-1) def. Adam Samuels (MC, 6-2) 4-6,
6-4, 7-6 (7-2) LU
Flight Six:
27. Alamin Ripon (MC, 8-0) def. Branden Parkhouse (BC, 3-6)7-5, 6-1
MC
SEMIFINALS
SATURDAY, May 1 - 1:00 P.M.
DOUBLES
Flight One:
1. #1 Doubles vs. #4 Doubles: Kyle Carmona/Rocco Devona (MC, 9-0)
def. Wilson Chang/Robert Venning (WC, 3-4) 6-0, 6-2 MC
2. #2 Doubles vs. #2 Doubles: Charles Heard/ Chris Parker
(BC, 5-3) def. David Newton/Alex Zhitnik (LU, 4-4) 7-5, 6-2 BC
Flight Two:
3. #1 Doubles vs. #4 Doubles: Christian Domingo/Nick Mattox (LU,
8-0) def. Katherine Needham/Jessi Ritucci (WC 0-1) 6-1, 6-0 LU
4. #2 Doubles vs. #3 Doubles: Adam Samuels/Chris White (MC, 5-3)
def. Mike Foley/Benjamin Weiner (NC 2-7) 6-1, 7-6 (7-3) MC
Flight Three:
5. #1 Doubles vs. #4 Doubles: Tyler Engleberg/Alex Fusco (MC, 6-0)
def. Kevin Kareckas/Lauren Webber (WC, 2-4) 6-0, 6-1 MC
6. #2 Doubles vs. #3 Doubles: Tyler Reeves/Scott Wheeler (LU, 4-3)
def. Matt Graham/Tim Howard (BC, 2-4) 7-5, 7-5 LU
2:00 p.m.
SINGLES
Flight One:
7. #1 Singles vs. #4 Singles: Kyle Carmona (MC, 9-0) def. Wilson
Chang (WC, 2-7) 6-0, 6-3
8. #2 Singles vs. #2 Singles: Charles Heard (BC, 6-3) def. David
Newton (LU, 5-4) 7-5, 6-2
Flight Two:
9. #1 Singles vs. #4 Singles: Rocco Devona (MC, 7-0) def. Robert
Venning (WC, 2-7) 6-3, 6-0
10. #2 Singles vs. #3 Singles: Nick Mattox (LU, 7-2) def. Chris
Parker (BC, 3-5) 6-0, 6-3
Flight Three:
11. #1 Singles vs. #4 Singles: Tyler Engleberg (MC, 7-0) def.
Katherine Needham (WC, 1-8) 6-0, 6-3
12. #2 Singles vs. #3 Singles: Alex Zhitnik (LU, 6-3) lost to
Benjamin Weiner (NC, 2-7) 7-6 (6-2), 6-1
Flight Four:
13. #1 Singles vs. #4 Singles: Chris White (MC, 7-0) def. Scott
Wheeler (LU, 3-5) 6-4, 6-3
14. #2 Singles vs. #3 Singles: Jake Gilbert (BC, 5-1) def. Matt
Talamantes (NC, 2-3) 6-2, 1-6, 6-2
Flight Five:
15. #1 Singles vs. #4 Singles: Christian Domingo (LU, 7-1) def.
Mike Foley (NC, 2-3) 6-0, 6-4
16. #2 Singles vs. #3 Singles: Adam Samuels (MC, 6-1) def. Tim
Howard (BC, 3-3) 7-6, 6-3
Flight Six:
17. #1 Singles vs. #4 Singles: Alamin Ripon (MC, 7-0) def. Lauren
Webber (WC, 1-4) 6-1, 6-0
18. #2 Singles vs. #3 Singles: Tyler Reeves (LU, 5-1) lost to
Branden Parkhouse (BC, 3-5) 6-4, 5-3 ret.
(Records shown are based on their play at that particular
position)
*All seeding are based on amount of play at particular position
during conference play with 50% rule followed.
