PARRISH AND SMOLKO TAKE POINTS FOR PRIDE IN LOSS

Quincy, Mass.- The Regis Pride men's tennis team lost to the Eastern
Nazarene Lions 7-2, fighting back in the singles matches after losing
all three doubles matches.  The Pride played well with solid team participation as the

Lions picked up their third straight win in The Commonwealth Coast
Conference. The Lions move to 5-3 in TCCC play and are 9-6 overall.
The Pride moves to 1-7 in the TCCC and 1-14 on the season.

Austin Steelman and Brandon Lum picked up a win to open up
doubles play defeating Andy White (Bozeman, Mont./Bozeman) and Jeffrie Parrish (Framingham, Mass./Framingham).

Eric Johnson andTim Luz followed with a solid win over Daniel Berdichevsky (Wayland, Mass./Wayland) and Matthew Smolko (Pelham, NH/Lowell Catholic). Nick Thompson and Ryan Robbins defeated Sophorn Nop (Lowell, Mass./Lowell Catholic)and Mouhamed Diallo (Boston, Mass./Cours Sainte Marie de Hann). Nop and Diallo played well improving on previous attempts.

Steelman set the tone for Eastern Nazarene quickly defeating
Berdichevsky 6-1, 6-1. The singles win marks Steelman's seventh win in
conference play this season.

The Pride picked up it's first point of the day as Parrish outlasted Lum in
a three set match, 2-6, 6-3, 6-2. This was the first win of the year for Parrish who has been playing well over the past few matches.

Matt Smolko won the second Regis point of the afternoon in a comeback win over Johnson in the #4 slot. Johnson won the first set 6-0 but Smolko
rebounded well winning 6-3 and 7-6.

The Lions will have their next contest Thursday (Apr. 14)  as they host Nichols College at 3:30 p.m.

 The Pride’s next match is set for Saturday (Apr. 16) against Colby-Sawyer College.