NEW LONDON, Conn.-Sophomores Weston Fortna and Townsend Hirst were each 6-0, 6-0 winners and Coast Guard won both contested doubles matches by identical 8-0 scores on their way to a convincing 9-0 victory over Emerson College in New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference tennis action on Saturday afternoon.
With the victory, Coast Guard improves to 4-9 (2-3 NEWMAC) on the year while the loss drops Emerson to 0-7 (0-4 NEWMAC).
While Fortna and Hirst picked up victories at #2 and #4 singles, the Bears also got straight set victories from sophomore Robert Renfrow (#1: 6-3, 6-2), junior Jon Lightner (#3: 6-0, 6-1), and junior David Leemon (#5: 6-0, 6-1).
The pairings of Fortna and sophomore Mark Guentert and junior Alex Mead and Renfrow gave the Bears 8-0 victories at both #1 and #2 doubles on the afternoon.
Emerson defaulted at #6 singles and #3 doubles as they were unable to field competitors for those events.
Coast Guard will return to the courts on Wednesday, April 16th when they travel to Worcester, Mass. for their final league contest with Clark, scheduled for 4:00 pm.
Singles:
- Robert Renfrow (CGA) def. Nik Rhodes (EC) 6-3, 6-2
- Weston Fortna (CGA) def. Colin Leeds (EC) 6-0, 6-0
- Jon Lightner (CGA) def. Max Abbushi (EC) 6-0, 6-1
- Townsend Hirst (CGA) def. Dylan Fernandes (EC) 6-0, 6-0
- David Leemon (CGA) def. Samir Beria (EC) 6-0, 6-1
- COAST GUARD def. EMERSON by default
Doubles:
- Mark Guentert/Fortna (CGA) def. Rhodes/Leeds (EC) 8-0
- Renfrow/Alex Mead (CGA) def. Abbushi/Beria (EC) 8-0
- COAST GUARD def. EMERSON by default
