BRIDGEWATER, Mass. — The Roger Williams University men's tennis team swept all three doubles matches and six singles contests to earn a 7-0 victory over Bridgewater State on Thursday at the Rosen Memorial Tennis Courts.
Roger Williams (2-1) received victories in both singles and doubles from Bronson DeSisto (Las Vegas, Nev.), Tucker Taylor (Gonzales, Texas), Om Seth (Lincoln, R.I.) and Will Hurlbut (Marion, Mass.). Hurlbut led the Hawks with a 6-0, 6-0 victory at No. 5 singles, while Josh Mizrahi (Albertson, N.Y.) rallied from a set down to win at No. 2. Bridgewater State dropped to 0-3.
DeSisto and Hurlbut opened doubles play with a 6-1 victory over Will Horton and Khiem Nguyen at No. 1. Seth and Nathan Belmore (Lakeville, Mass.) secured the doubles point with a 6-2 win over Jayton Woods and Ryan Abreu at No. 3. Taylor and Sohaan Jagasia (Sugar Land, Texas) completed the sweep with a 6-1 victory over Tom Ayson and Tyler Rocchio at No. 2.
Hurlbut carried that momentum into singles, defeating Woods without dropping a game to extend the Hawks' lead to 2-0. Seth followed with a 6-2, 6-0 win over Rocchio at No. 4 before Taylor clinched the team victory with a 6-2, 6-2 decision over Ayson at No. 3.
Jeremy Linker (Glastonbury, Conn.) added a 6-0, 6-3 victory over Abreu at No. 6. At No. 2, Mizrahi rebounded from a 6-3 opening-set loss to Nguyen, taking the second set, 6-0, before winning the deciding match tiebreaker, 10-8.
DeSisto completed the shutout at No. 1, defeating Horton, 7-5, 6-1, as the Hawks earned their second consecutive dual-match victory.