Box Score | Philadelphia, Pa. - (3/30/2016) – Chestnut Hill College used a 2-1 doubles advantage and a string of victories to begin singles play to secure a 7-2 victory over the University of the Sciences (USciences) in today's Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) opener. Sophomore
Lucas Bocaletto (Itatiba, Brazil) was the only Griffin to win in both formats with his 6-3, 6-7, 11-9 win at number one singles and an 8-3 win at number two doubles alongside his classmate
Pedro Festugato Regalin (Caxias do Sul, Brazil).
It was Bocaletto and Regalin who won Chestnut Hill College (6-4, 1-0) their first point of the match as they defeated their USciences (5-10, 0-1) opponents by an 8-3 margin, 1-0. The other two doubles matches finished by the same score with the Devils stealing the top team flight before seniors
Henry Boyle (London, England) and
Kevin Taylor (Burlington, N.J.) secured number three doubles, 2-1.
The Griffins separated in individual play, where consecutive wins at number six singles (6-1, 6-1), number five singles (6-2, 6-0), and number four singles (6-1, 6-3) clinched the match early, 5-1. Freshman
Lucas Abe (Duderstadt, Germany), freshman
Adam Gavin (Gothenburg, Sweden), and sophomore
Jonathan Ducretot (Antibes, France) were the respective victors, who preceded a 0-6, 6-3, 10-4, number two singles triumph from freshman
Pierre Kohler (Les Sables d'Olonne, France), 6-1, and a 6-3, 6-7, 11-9 number one singles win from Bocaletto, 7-1. The Devils won the final singles flight to finish, 2-6, 7-6, 10-6, at number three, 7-2.
The Chestnut Hill College men's tennis team briefly breaks from their CACC schedule with a 2:00 p.m. match at Millersville University on Friday, April 1.