Men's Tennis Blanks Clark, Falls To MIT At NEWMAC Championships
NEW LONDON, Conn., April 4, 2004 -- Springfield College reached the semifinals of the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Men's Tennis Championships with a 4-0 win over Clark before dropping a 4-0 decision to MIT on Saturday.
MIT went on to win its sixth-straight conference crown with a 4-0 win over Babson.
The Pride (5-7) was impressive in advancing to the semifinals, posting four-consecutive straight-set triumphs. Senior
Yuta Yoshi (Yokosuka, Japan) won 6-1, 6-1 at #1, followed by junior
Rich Aseltine (Tyngsboro, Mass.), a 6-3, 6-0 winner at #2;
senior Chris Sweeney (Wakefield, Mass.), who rolled 6-1, 6-1 at #3, and junior
Tim Losee (Berlin, N.H.), who picked up a 6-4, 6-0 victory at #4.
In the other conference championship matches, Babson blanked Coast Guard, 4-0, then held off Wheaton, 4-3, in the semifinals. Also in the first round, Wheaton beat WPI, 4-0.
First Round: SC 4, Clark 0
Yuta Yoshi def. Oliver Hartman, 6-1, 6-1
Rich Aseltine def. Nikola Milinkovic, 6-3, 6-0
Chris Sweeney def. Charles Gould, 6-1, 6-1
Tim Losee def. Allan Breed, 6-0, 6-4
Semifinals: MIT 4, SC 0
Vitaly Pereverzev def. Brad Boisvert, 6-0, 6-0
Thomas Dohlman def. Aseltine, 6-0, 6-2
Mike Orydziak def. Justin Freitas, 6-3, 6-1
Mark Egan def. Sweeney, 6-0, 6-1
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Head Coach Toby Coffin
Toby Coffin G’01, enters his second year as the head men’s and women’s tennis coach at Springfield College. Coffin, who has coached at numerous high schools in the area, will look to build a program which will contend for a conference crown.
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