NEW LONDON, N.H. – April 23, 2017 – The Colby-Sawyer men's tennis team finished the North Atlantic Conference (NAC) East regular season undefeated for the sixth consecutive season after Sunday's 9-0 win over Thomas. 

The Chargers improve to 11-10 overall and clinched the top spot in the NAC with a 6-0 record. Colby-Sawyer is 34-0 in league matches since joining the NAC in 2012. The Chargers will host the NAC East semifinals and finals on Saturday. Colby-Sawyer will play No. 4 seed MCLA. Thomas drops to 10-5 overall and suffers its first conference loss to fall to 5-1. The Terriers will be the No. 2 seed and play No. 3 seed Castleton.

Prior to today's match, seniors Dean Boodakian (Burlington, Mass.), Cass McCann (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada), Ryan Sawyer (Edgartown, Mass.), Alex Townsend (Bangor, Maine) and Will Triebel (Duxbury, Mass.) were honored for their dedication to the Colby-Sawyer men's tennis program.

Junior Gustav Jigrup (Gothenburg, Vastra Frolunda, Sweden) and sophomore Alex Wright (St. Austell, Cornwall, England) dispatched Ryan Chasse and Zachary Disch, 8-1 at the top doubles spot. Boodakian and Sawyer at No. 2 and McCann and Triebel at No. 3 did not drop a game to win 8-0.  

Jigrup earned a 6-3, 6-1 win over Chasse at No. 1, while Wright did not drop a game to beat Ross Munn at No. 2. Boodakian (No. 4), Matt Burke (Milford, Conn.) (No. 5) and Townsend (No. 6) won in straight sets.  

Sawyer and Disch batted to a lengthy result at No. 3. Disch took the first set 6-1, but Sawyer evened the match by winning the second set 6-3 before edging Disch in a super tie break 11-9.  

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Colby-Sawyer 9, Thomas (ME) 0
04/23/17 at New London, N.H. (Kelsey Courts) 

Singles competition

1. Gustav Jigrup (CSCM1617) def. Ryan Chasse (THOMT17) 6-3, 6-1

2. Alex Wright (CSCM1617) def. Ross Munn (THOMT17) 6-0, 6-0

3. Ryan Sawyer (CSCM1617) def. Zachary Disch (THOMT17) 1-6, 6-3, 1-0 (11-9)

4. Dean Boodakian (CSCM1617) def. Jared Waterhouse (THOMT17) 6-0, 6-1

5. Matt Burke (CSCM1617) def. Kaleb Payson (THOMT17) 6-1, 6-4

6. Alex Townsend (CSCM1617) def. Mark Amato (THOMT17) 6-2, 6-2

Doubles competition

1. Gustav Jigrup/Alex Wright (CSCM1617) def. Ryan Chasse/Zachary Disch (THOMT17) 8-1

2. Ryan Sawyer/Dean Boodakian (CSCM1617) def. Jared Waterhouse/Kaleb Payson (THOMT17) 8-0

3. Cass McCann/Will Triebel (CSCM1617) def. Mark Amato/Ross Munn (THOMT17) 8-0

Match Notes

Thomas (ME) 10-5, 5-1

Colby-Sawyer 11-10, 6-0

T-2:35 A-30