Salem State Wins 9-0 Over Suffolk
Posted: Apr 11, 2019

Salem State Wins 9-0 Over Suffolk

Team Stats
Doubles
Andrew Muttiah / Chen Chen (SSU)
def. Mike DeFelice / Nick Vaillancourt (SUF)
8-2
Roni Bazile / Mitchell Dyer (SSU)
def. Chris Parnagian / Rami Esrawi (SUF)
8-4
Johnson Ngandjui / Noah Hodgkins (SSU)
def. Davis Altimonte / Panagiotis Meltsakos (SUF)
8-2
Singles
Andrew Muttiah (SSU)
def. Mike DeFelice (SUF)
6-0, 6-0
Roni Bazile (SSU)
def. Nick Vaillancourt (SUF)
6-3, 6-0
Mitchell Dyer (SSU)
def. Chris Parnagian (SUF)
6-3, 7-6 (9-7)
Chen Chen (SSU)
def. Rami Esrawi (SUF)
6-0, 6-1
Noah Hodgkins (SSU)
def. Ben Bricker (SUF)
6-1, 6-0
Johnson Ngandjui (SSU)
def. Hasan Esrawi (SUF)
6-2, 6-2

SALEM, Mass. -- Salem State defeated Suffolk University 9-0 for their third win of the season on Thursday at The Central Campus Tennis Courts. Andrew Muttiah (Colombo, Sri Lanka) cruised to a straight sets win at first singles, shutting out Mike DeFelice 6-0, 6-0 as the Vikings did not lose a set on the day. Salem State is now 3-4 on the season while the Rams slip to 1-8. 

Muttiah and Chen Chen (Lawrence, Mass.) won 8-2 over DeFelice and Vaillancourt at first doubles. Roni Bazile (Brockton, Mass.) / Mitchell Dyer  (N. Attleboro, Mass. ) earned an 8-2 win 8-2 at second doubles over Davis Altimonte / Panagiotis Meltsakos while Johnson Ngandjui (Lynn, Mass.) and Noah Hodgkins (Winthrop, Mass.) teamed for a victory at third singles 8-2.

Bazile, Dyer, Chen and Hodgkins all won in a pair of sets with only Dyer needing a tie-breaker to defeat Chris Parnagian at third singles.

Ngandjui won his first collegiate match with a 6-2, 6-2 win over Hasan Esrawi at sixth singles.