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Coast Guard Drops Roger Williams

NEW LONDON, Conn. - The Bears earned there fourth win of the season with a 8-1 decision over Roger Williams in nonconference action.

All three doubles team won for Coast Guard (4-3) with junior Weston Fortna and junior Mark Guetner defeating senior Ryan Swanson and junior Eric Laboissonniere 8-2. Junior Rob Renfrow and freshman Mike Melampy also earned an 8-2 win over junior Jonah Schwartz and freshman Grant Rosenberg. The final doubles team of freshman Benson Errington and freshman John Hu would beat senior Zack Bussiere and senior Kyle Bull 8-4.

Renfrow would win the first finals match for the Bears defeating Laboissonniere 6-0, 6-3. Guentnert would follow this up with a 6-4, 7-6(4) win over Bussiere. Coast Guard would win the next three singles matches with Fortna defeating Swanson 6-0, 4-6, 6-3, Melampy over Schwartz 6-4, 6-0, and Hu beating Bull 6-1, 6-4. 

The Hawks (6-4) would earn their one win of the day in the final match as Errington defeated Rosenberg 6-2, 6-4. 

"We came out strong today, all three doubles to start the day off," said head coach Mike Turdo. " Our number one Rob Renfrow set the tone for us with a decisive victory in the first match. It was a great all around team win today"

The Bears return to action on Saturday as the travel to Norton, Massachusetts for a match against Wheaton. It will start at 1:00 pm. 

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Players Mentioned

Benson Errington

Benson Errington

Freshman
Weston Fortna

Weston Fortna

Junior
John Hu

John Hu

Freshman

Players Mentioned

Benson Errington

Benson Errington

Freshman
Weston Fortna

Weston Fortna

Junior
John Hu

John Hu

Freshman
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