FAIRFIELD, Conn.  – The Bryant University men's tennis team opened its weekend with a 6-1 victory over Sacred Heart on Thursday.

Coach Gendron's Comments

"We hare happy to get a road win against a much improved Sacred Heart team. Both teams competed well and displayed solid sportsmanship. In the end, we just made more balls and executed a little better. We are looking forward to our match with Buffalo on Friday."

How it Happened

• Bryant opened the match with a clean sweep of the doubles play. Matt Kuhar (Smithfield, R.I.) and Wilson Dong (Bradenton, Fla.) won their first match as a ranked doubles team with a 6-3 win at No. 1.
• Kuhar then won at No. 1 and the Black and Gold clinched the match by winning all but one singles match.
• Senior Artur Jakubowski (Dallas, Texas) returned to the lineup and won at No. 3, 7-6, 6-0.  

Results

Singles
No. 1 – Kuhar (BRY) def. Hosokawa (SHU), 6-1, 6-4
No. 2 – Wibmer (SHU) def. Dong (BRY), 6-4, 7-5
No. 3 – Jakubowski (BRY) def. Chao (SHU), 7-6, 6-0
No. 4 – M. Plutt (BRY) def. Casalduc (SHU), 6-3, 6-2
No. 5 – Pregel (BRY) def. Sause (SHU), 7-6, 6-4
No. 6 – Pertile (BRY) def. Del Valle (SHU), 2-6, 7-5, 7-5

Doubles
No. 1 – No. 38 Kuhar/Dong (BRY) def. Wibmer/Chao (SHU), 6-3
No. 2 – Massam/Argentini (BRY) def. Hosokawa/Sause (SHU), 6-3
No. 3 – Ortiz-Garcia/Pertile (BRY) def. Casalduc/Del Valle (SHU), 6-3

Up Next

The Bulldogs continue their weekend on Friday with a matchup against Buffalo in Princeton, N.J.