NEW LONDON, N.H. - April 23, 2018 - The Colby-Sawyer men's tennis team defeated MCLA, 9-0, in North Atlantic Conference (NAC) East Division action on Monday afternoon. 

The Chargers record their seventh-straight NAC regular season with a 5-0 record this season. The team is 6-10 overall and will host Gordon on Wednesday before traveling to the NAC Tournament hosted by Castleton on Saturday. The Chargers are the top seed and will play fourth seed Castleton at 10 a.m. MCLA is now 4-5 overall and finishes at 3-2 in the conference. The Trailblazers will be the three seed and face Thomas, who earned the second seed. 

Colby-Sawyer took control early as they swept through doubles. They dropped only two games on their way to an early 3-0 edge. Gustav Jigrup and Ross Kenney won 8-0 over Aaron Goldsmith and Jared Freeman in the top spot. Matt Burke and Cam Lynch defeated Matt Bluteau and Charles Najimy 8-2 in the second matchup. Erik Antonacci and Mike White blanked Mohamed Mahrous and Reydel Santana 8-0 in the third doubles matchup.

In singles play, Colby-Sawyer won all the matches in straight sets. Matt Williamson defeated Nick Castle in the most competitive match of the day 6-3, 7-5.  Jigrup, Alex Wright, Burke, Lynch, and Antonacci all won in easy fashion.

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