Regis Men’s Tennis Sees Season End in GNAC Semifinals

Regis Men’s Tennis Sees Season End in GNAC Semifinals
April 30, 2022

QUINCY, Mass. – Regis College saw its 2021-22 season end Saturday afternoon as the top seeded Eastern Nazarene Lions defeated the fourth seeded Pride, 5-0, in the semifinals of the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) Men's Tennis Tournament at the ENC Tennis Courts.

Eastern Nazarene (10-5) picked up the first two points of the match with doubles victories in the first and third positions. At number two doubles, Andrew Bienvenu (Baton Rouge, La.) and Lenny Tam (Waltham, Mass.) battled with Iago Alcover and Baldo Karinja to a tiebreaker, but the Lions prevailed to increase their match advantage to 3-0.

The Lions would complete the overall match victory by winning in straight sets in the third and fourth singles positions. Bienvenu was putting together a rally in his singles contest, taking a 4-2 lead in the second set after losing the first set, 7-5, while Sebastian Torres (San Juan, Puerto Rico) split the first two sets with Alcover at number two singles when the team match reached decision.

Regis finishes the season with a 7-9 overall record, including two three-match winning streaks March 1-3 and April 5-14.

Eastern Nazarene 5, Regis 0

Singles

  1. Diego Rodriguez (ENC) vs. Andrew Bienvenu (RC) 7-5, 2-4 (unfinished)
  2. Iago Alcover (ENC) vs. Sebastian Torres (RC) 6-2, 3-6, 2-1 (unfinished)
  3. Simao Nobre (ENC) def. Mitchell Weiner (RC) 6-2, 6-2
  4. Carlos Sanchez (ENC) def. Lenny Tam (RC) 6-1, 6-2
  5. Avelino Parrondo (ENC) vs. Brevin Frankel (RC) 3-0 (unfinished)
  6. Federico Lavini-Ayalla (RC) vs. Diego Torres (ENC) - did not start

Doubles

  1. Rodriguez/Sanchez (ENC) def. Torres/Weiner (RC) 8-2
  2. Alcover/Baldo Karinja (ENC) def. Bienvenu/Tam (RC) 8-7
  3. Nobre/Parrondo (ENC) def. Frankel/Lavini-Ayalla (RC) 8-0

Order:
Singles - 4, 3*
Doubles - 3, 1, 2