Story courtesy of Christine Grenache, Newbury College Assistant Sports Information Director

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. - The Mitchell College Mariners continued their successful 2009 campaign today at the inaugural New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) Men's Tennis Championship.  Team members claimed victories in six of the nine total flights played on the day, two of three in doubles action and four of six in singles play.

The tournament began early this morning with both singles and doubles matches played as 8-game pro sets due to the rescheduling of play from yesterday's inclement weather.  In singles action, Mitchell and Lesley University each had two teams advance to the finals as the Mariners' Kyle Carmona/Daniel Dworetsky and the Lynx' Sonny Ljutica/ David Newton moved forward in Flight One and Lesley's Fran Cusick/Dory LeCount and Mitchell's Adam Samuels/Chris White won their matches in Flight Two and Flight Three, respectively.  Matt Clewer/Tim Howard from Becker College took steady control of Flight Two, however, knocking off top-seeded Small/Mahar from Mitchell in the semifinals and defeating Lesley's duo of Cusick/LeCount for the championship.

The Lynx and Mariners continued to dominate the semifinal round as four Mariners and five Lynx won their first sets.  Mitchell had more staying power, however, as they capitalized in four championship sets.  Carmona led the way for Mitchell notching title wins in both singles and doubles play.  Two fellow Mariners, Dworetsky and Samuels were the only other tournament participants to match this feat.

The NECC and host Newbury College would like to congratulate all tournament participants for their fine play and solid effort.  Please see below for a summary of the day's results:

DOUBLES: SEMI-FINALS

Flight One:
1. Kyle Carmona/Daniel Dworetsky (MC, 6-0) def. Wilson Chang/Bobby Venning (WC, 1-7) 8-2
2. Sonny Ljutica/David Newton (LU, 5-2) def. Charles Heard/ Snjezan Telbak (BC, 4-3) 8-2

Flight Two:
3.  Matt Clewer/Tim Howard (BC, 4-3) def. Tyler Engleberg/ Samuel Mahar (MC 1-1) 8-5
4.  Fran Cusick/ Dory LeCount (LU, 3-0) def. Matt Talamantes/ Benjamin Weiner (NC, 2-1) 8-4

Flight Three:
5.  Adam Samuels/Chris White (MC, 7-0) def. Jake Gilbert/Ralph Naval (BC, 0-4) 8-0
6.  Jonathan DiNuzzo/ Matt Tise (NC, 2-2) def. Peter Parrales/Tyler Reeves (LU, 2-3) 8-6

SINGLES: SEMI-FINALS

Flight One:
7.  Kyle Carmona (MC, 9-0) def. Nick Sehovich (NC 2-5) 8-1
8.  David Newton (LU, 4-2) def. Wilson Chang (WC, 2-5) 8-2

Flight Two:
9. Andrew Small (MC, 7-0) def. Snjezan Telbak (BC, 2-5) 9-7
10. Sonny Ljutica (LU, 6-0) def. Matthew O'Donnell (NC, 3-4)

Flight Three:
11. Fran Cusick (LU 6-2) def. Kate Needham (WC, 2-5) 8-2
12. Matt Clewer (BC 5-2) def. Samuel Mahar (MC 4-2) by forfeit

Flight Four:
13. Daniel Dworetsky (MC 6-0) def. Ryan Sevieri (NC, 1-6) 8-1
14. Peter Parrales (LU, 4-2) def. Tim Howard (BC, 4-3) 8-6

Flight Five:
15.  Dory LeCount (LU 3-1) def. Chris White (MC, 5-1) 8-3
16.  Jake Gilbert (BC, 5-2) def. Benjamin Weiner (NC, 1-5) 8-4

Flight Six:
17.  Adam Samuels (MC, 4-0) def. Tyler Reeves (LU, 1-3) 8-2
18.  Matt Talamantes (NC, 4-0) def. Peter Rota (BC, 1-3) 8-1

DOUBLES: FINALS

Flight One:
19.  Kyle Carmona/Daniel Dworetsky (MC, 7-0) def. Sonny Ljutica/David Newton (LU, 5-3) 8-2 

Flight Two:
20.  Matt Clewer/Tim Howard (BC, 5-3) def. Fran Cusick/ Dory LeCount (LU, 3-1) 8-4 

Flight Three:
21.  Adam Samuels/Chris White (MC, 8-0) def. Jonathan DiNuzzo/ Matt Tise (NC, 2-3) 8-2

SINGLES: FINALS

Flight One:
22.  Kyle Carmona (MC, 10-0) def. David Newton (LU, 4-2) 8-2 

Flight Two:
23.  Andrew Small (MC, 8-0) def. Sonny Ljutica (LU, 6-1) 8-6 

Flight Three:
24.  Fran Cusick (LU 7-2) def. Matt Clewer (BC 5-3) 8-4 

Flight Four:
25.  Daniel Dworetsky (MC 7-0) def. Peter Parrales (LU, 4-3) 8-6 

Flight Five:
26.  Jake Gilbert (BC, 6-2) def. Dory LeCount (LU 3-2) 8-0 

Flight Six:
27.    Adam Samuels (MC, 5-0) def. Matt Talamantes (NC, 4-1) 8-6