MEN'S TENNIS HOSTS PRIDE INVITE

The morning started with three flights of doubles playing in a round robin format. Salem State played well securing a first place finish in flight A under the strong play of Josh Giller and Rob Random. Mike Beluch (Lynn, Mass.) and Dan Berdichevsky (Wayland, Mass.) finished in second with 16 wins in the flight for Regis.

 

The Vikings came out strong in flight B with Johan DaSilva and Joe Kim taking 18 games. The Pride's Andy White and Sophorn Nop put up a strong performance coming in second with 15 wins. 

Salem State continued its good start to the invitational as the Vikings took first and second place in flight C. Shawn Dowen and Eglis Bhizoti played effectively and finished above teammates Ken Hodgkins and Krystian Biedul.

The second part of the day was setup into a singles play bracket. In flight A, the Pride's Mike Beluch outlasted Colby-Sawyer's Justin Pinard by the score of 8-6. In flight B, the Vikings' Eglis Bhizoti handed the Pride's Dan Berdichevsky and 8-4 setback.  The Chargers' Nolan Foley took down Salem State's Johan DaSilva 8-6, to win out flight C.

Flight D consisted of three brackets with the Vikings' Krystian Biedul and Ken Hodgkins taking the first two wins. Castleton State's Cory Kimball notched his first win of the day in the third bracket while Biedul cleaned up, going 3-0 against the other bracket leaders to secure a flight D victory.

Pride head coach John Ciarlegio was extremely pleased with the event, "I spoke to all the coaches and everyone confirmed that their players had a great time. We increased the number of teams this year versus last and my hope is to have every team come back in 2012 and to add 2 more colleges to next year's invitational. I was also very happy with the successes of Regis' players at the tournament and I know that they are all looking forward to conference play next spring."