Story courtesy of Christa Parulis-Kaye, NECC Assistant Commissioner for Media Relations
For Immediate Release:
May 2, 2010
The 2010 NECC Men's Tennis Championships Conclude with the Mariners Dominating the Flights
PAWCATUCK, Conn. – The Mitchell College Mariners 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. Lesley University took the No. 5 singles
flight to break-up the sweep.
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 (Norwich, Conn.) and
freshman Rocco Devona (Waterford, Conn.) rolling
to finals of 6-1 and 6-0. Sophomores Tyler
Engleberg (Niantic, Conn.) and Alex Fusco
(Saugus, Mass.) 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 (Marshfield, Mass.)
and Adam Samuels (New Rochelle, N.Y.) and Lesley's
Christian
Domingo (Los Angeles, Calif.) and Nick Mattox
(Pasadena, Md.). 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 (Stratford, Conn.) 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 (Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.) 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. Lesley University were
also presented with their runners-up plaque.
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
FINALS
SUNDAY, May 2
10:30 a.m.
DOUBLES
Flight Two:
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 Three:
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
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
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
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.
*All seeding are based on amount of play at particular position during conference play with 50% rule followed.