Box Score
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The Norwich University
men's tennis team punched its ticket to the Great Northeast
Athletic Conference (GNAC) Tournament on Sunday afternoon as the
Cadets defeated Albertus Magnus College, 8-1, in the league finale
for both squads.
NU won all three doubles points and then took five of the six
singles matches to earn the victory and advance to the
league's postseason tournament.
The Cadets (6-3, 1-3 GNAC) will be seeded fourth in the event,
and they will draw top-seeded Suffolk University in a semifinal
matchup on Thursday, April 22, at 3 p.m., inside the Winchester
Indoor Tennis Club. Norwich and Suffolk met on Saturday, April 17,
with the Rams securing an 8-1 victory in Northfield, Vt.
Norwich began today's match strong, winning all three
doubles matches by a combined score of 24-3. Collin Hyte and Fritz
Kaelber earned an 8-2 win at first doubles, improving their record
to 6-1 on the season. Logan O'Neill and Graham Oliveira
picked up an 8-0 victory at second doubles, while the tandem of
Travis Tyler and Chris Pashley took an 8-1 decision at third
doubles. Pashley and Tyler are now 6-2 when paired together in
doubles this spring.
Hyte and Kaelber continued their dominance in singles action as
they both secured straight sets victories at Nos. 1 and 2,
respectively. Hyte improves to 8-0 at first singles, while Kaelber
is now 7-0 at No. 2 singles.
Oliveira, Tyler and Pashley all earned singles wins as well,
earning victories at Nos. 4, 5 and 6, respectively. Tyler improves
to 6-3 on the year, while Pashley's singles mark moves to
6-2.
Timothy Gabbard picked up the lone point for Albertus Magnus
(2-10, 0-4 GNAC) with a straight sets victory over O'Neill at
No. 3 singles.
Norwich will wrap up its regular season schedule on Tuesday,
April 20, when the Cadets travel to Lyndonville, Vt., to battle
Lyndon State College at 3:30 p.m. Norwich will then have one day to
get ready for its GNAC Tournament semifinal contest at Suffolk on
Thursday, April 22.
Norwich 8, Albertus Magnus 1
Singles
1-Collin Hyte (NU) def. Jonathan Fetzner, 6-0, 6-1
2-Fritz Kaelber (NU) def. Teo D'elia, 6-2, 6-1
3-Timothy Gabbard (AMC) def. Logan O'Neill, 6-2, 6-2
4-Graham Oliveira (NU) def. Gerald O'Connor, 6-1, 6-0
5-Travis Tyler (NU) def. Frank Distante, 6-0, 6-2
6-Chris Pashley (NU) def. James Johnson, 6-0, 6-0
Doubles
1-Hyte/Kaelber (NU) def. Fetzner/D'elia, 8-2
2-O'Neill/Oliveira (NU) def. Gabbard/O'Connor, 8-0
3-Tyler/Pashley (NU) def. Distante/Johnson, 8-1
