GORHAM, Maine – Freshman
Landon Weaver (Bowdoinham, Maine/ Mt. Ararat) won his second singles match of the week with a 6-1,6-2 win over Bridgewater State's Charles Malinowski on Saturday afternoon. Weaver's victory was the lone one for the Huskies as the Bears took the Little East Conference match by a score of 8-1 at the Gorham High School tennis courts.
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Bridgewater State swept the doubles portion of the match. Kendan Ziegler and Charles Fiske defeated junior
Cole Ouellette (Lewiston, Maine) and sophomore
Zac Howe (Arundel, Maine/Thornton Academy) 8-5 at first doubles. The sophomore duo of
Zach Desmarais (St. Cyrille, QC, Canada/École Secondaire L'Odyssée) and
Azam Jiwa (Calgary, AB, Canada/West Island College) were defeated 8-0 by Sean Nutter and Adam Beatrice at second doubles. Weaver and classmate
Alex Lancaster (Lakeland, Fla./Lakeland Christian) battled hard but ultimately dropped the third doubles match to Charles Malinowski and Ryan Hebert 8-5 (7-5).
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Ziegler defeated Ouellette 6-1,6-0 at first singles and second singles Desmarais lost 6-0,6-2 to Nutter. Beatrice bested Jiwa 6-2,6-1 at third singles and in the number four slot Fiske won 6-3,6-0 over junior
Ethan Rudnicki (Levant, Maine/Hermon). Howe tested Barros at fifth singles but was defeated 6-3, 7-6 (7-4) in a hard-fought match. Weaver defeated Malinowski 6-2,6-1 in the sixth singles slot for his second win of the week and third on the season.
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The next match for the Huskies is on Tuesday at 3PM at Salem State University.
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