BRISTOL, R.I. – The Roger Williams University Men's Tennis team made its 2013-14 Commonwealth Coast Conference debut with a 9-0 victory over Salve Regina University Tuesday afternoon.

The Hawks began the day with a sweep at doubles. Ryan Swanson (West Newbury, Mass.) and Taylor Webster (Bristol, Conn.) defeated Colin Gunning (Norwell, Mass.) and Khoa Nguyen (Haverhill, Mass.) 8-2 at #1, while Zack Bussiere (Colchester, Conn.) Eric Laboissonniere (Cumberland, R.I.) grabbed an 8-0 win over Monaf Awwa (Old Lyme, Conn.) and Matthew Carroll (Hackensack, N.J.) at #2. Kyle Bull (Pleasantville, N.Y.) and Jonah Schwartz (Orange, Conn.) wrapped up the sweep for the Hawks at #3, claiming an 8-1 win over Matt Gingras (Wethersfield, Conn.) and Ned Richard (Kennebunk, Maine).

At singles, Laboissionniere and Schwartz notched identical 6-0, 6-0 wins at #1 and #6 respectively, while Webster and Swanson only dropped two games between them. Webster won 6-0, 6-1 at #3 while Swanson pulled off a 6-0, 6-1 victory at #4. Bussiere rolled to a 6-0, 6-2 win at #2, while Gingras was able to get three games off of Bull at #5, but still fell 6-2, 6-1.

Tennis Match Results

Salve Regina vs Roger Williams

04/01/14 at Bristol, R.I.

(RWU Tennis Courts)

Roger Williams 9, Salve Regina 0

 Singles competition

1. Eric Laboissonniere (RWU) def. Colin Gunning (SRU) 6-0, 6-0

2. Zack Bussiere (RWU) def. Khoa Nguyen (SRU) 6-0, 6-2

3. Taylor Webster (RWU) def. Monaf Awwa (SRU) 6-1, 6-0

4. Ryan Swanson (RWU) def. Matthew Carroll (SRU) 6-0, 6-1

5. Kyle Bull (RWU) def. Matt Gingras (SRU) 6-2, 6-1

6. Jonah Schwartz (RWU) def. C.J. Maksut (SRU) 6-0, 6-0

 Doubles competition

1. Ryan Swanson/Taylor Webster (RWU) def. Colin Gunning/Khoa Nguyen (SRU) 8-2

2. Zack Bussiere/Eric Laboissonniere (RWU) def. Monaf Awwa/Matthew Carroll (SRU) 8-0

3. Kyle Bull/Jonah Schwartz (RWU) def. Matt Gingras/Ned Richard (SRU) 8-1

Match Notes:

Salve Regina 0-4, 0-2 CCC

Roger Williams 4-2, 1-0 CCC