Men's Tennis 4/21/2014 8:36:00 PM Written by Samantha Christopher, Athletic Communications Intern

Men’s Tennis gets strong win against Clark

Box Score BRISTOL, R.I. – The Roger Williams University Men's Tennis team recorded their 12th win of the season, defeating Clark University 6-3.

At #1 doubles were Taylor Webster (Bristol, Conn.) and Ryan Swanson (West Newbury, Mass.) who claimed the 8-4 victory over Dan Stein (Newton, Mass.) and Zack Goodstein (Columbus, Ohio). Zack Bussiere (Colchester, Conn.) and Eric Laboissonniere (Cumberland, R.I.) won 8-6 in a matchup against Antoine Martin (Bryn Mawr, Pa.) and Fernando Pinoargote (Guayaquil, Ecuador) at #2 doubles, while Jonah Schwartz (Orange, Conn.) and Eric Bott (Bethel, Conn.) also came away with a win, defeating Spencer Brightman (Sudbury, Mass.) and Josh Burger (Fairfield, Conn.) 8-3 at #3.

Singles was a 3-3 split for Roger Williams and Clark; with Stein coming away with the win at the #1 spot for Clark taking the first set 7-5 and the next 6-3 against Bussiere. Laboissonniere picked up the win for RWU in the #2 seed against Martin at 6-3 and 6-2, while Webster battled to defeat Pinoargote 7-6 and 6-4 at the #3 spot. Kyle Bull (Pleasantville, N.Y.) picked up the final win in singles for the Hawks at #5, after coming back from a 5-7 loss against Joel Simonson (Waterford, Conn.) only to win 6-3 and 6-3 again in the next two sets. Goodstein and Burger got the other two singles wins for Clark at the #4 and #6 spots winning 6-1, 6-1 and 6-4, 6-0 respectively.

Roger Williams (12-4) has their final regular season match against Coast Guard tomorrow at 4:00 p.m., while Clark (12-8) takes on Babson College on Saturday.

Doubles competition

1.       Taylor Webster/Ryan Swanson (RWU) def. Dan Stein/Zack Goodstein (Clark) 8-4

2.       Zack Bussiere/Eric Laboissonniere (RWU) def. Antoine Martin/Fernando Pinoargote (Clark) 8-6

3.       Jonah Schwartz/Eric Bott (RWU) def. Spencer Brightman/Josh Burger (Clark) 8-3

Singles Competition

1.       Dan Stein (Clark) def. Zack Bussiere (RWU) 7-5, 6-3

2.       Eric Laboissonniere (RWU) def. Antoine Martin (Clark) 6-3, 6-2

3.       Taylor Webster (RWU) def. Fernando Pinoargote (Clark) 7-6 (5), 3-6, 6-4

4.       Zack Goodstein (Clark) def. Jonah Schwartz (RWU) 6-1, 6-1

5.       Kyle Bull (RWU) def. Joel Simonson (Clark) 5-7, 6-3, 6-3

6.       Josh Burger (Clark) def. Andrew Amarone (RWU) 6-4, 4-6, 6-0

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Players Mentioned

Andrew Amarone: 5' 7"; Sophomore

Eric Bott: 5' 7"; Sophomore

Kyle Bull: 5' 7"; Junior

Zack Bussiere: 5' 10"; Junior

Eric Laboissonniere: 6' 2"; Sophomore

Jonah Schwartz: 6' 3"; Sophomore

Ryan Swanson: 5' 10"; Junior

Taylor Webster: 6' 0"; Senior

Players Mentioned

Andrew Amarone
: 5' 7"; Sophomore

Eric Bott
: 5' 7"; Sophomore

Kyle Bull
: 5' 7"; Junior

Zack Bussiere
: 5' 10"; Junior

Eric Laboissonniere
: 6' 2"; Sophomore

Jonah Schwartz
: 6' 3"; Sophomore

Ryan Swanson
: 5' 10"; Junior

Taylor Webster
: 6' 0"; Senior