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Saints men's tennis sweep Saint Michael's; off to 2-0 start to Spring

Posted 2/24/15

Senior John Megas and sophomore Marco Amendola both posted straight set shutout victories in singles play at No. 3 and No. 6, respectively, to help the St. Lawrence men's tennis team to a 9-0 sweep …

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Saints men's tennis sweep Saint Michael's; off to 2-0 start to Spring

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Senior John Megas and sophomore Marco Amendola both posted straight set shutout victories in singles play at No. 3 and No. 6, respectively, to help the St. Lawrence men's tennis team to a 9-0 sweep of Saint Michael's on Sunday afternoon.

With the win the Saints improve to 2-0 in dual matches this season, having swept their opening weekend, while the Purple Knights open their season with the loss.

The doubles teams of Robert Schmitz and Elliot Solandt (8-2), Megas and Dean Sponholz (8-4) and Tom Luchars and Paul Barrett (8-4) helped the Saints open up a 3-0 lead to start the match.

Each singles match was won in straight sets for the Saints, with Sponholz winning a tiebreak in the second set of his match at No. 2 against the Purple Knights Charlie Merry for a 6-4, 7-6 (7-4) win.

In the other singles matches: Rhonny Rosario beat Billy Wood at No. 1 (6-2, 6-1), Schmitz downed Sam Laves and No. 4 (6-0, 6-1) and Luchars topped Patrick Dietz at No. 5 (6-1, 6-2).

The Saints will continue their spring schedule against Ithaca College on Saturday, Sept. 28 at 1 p.m.