Springfield, Mass. — April 21, 2012 — The Springfield College men’s tennis match swept the doubles and went on to defeat Babson, 7-2 in an important New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference match this afternoon at SC’s Appleton Courts. The win gave the Pride a berth in the NEWMAC post-season tournament which will be played at MIT next Saturday.

Springfield swept the doubles competition to kick off the match, receiving a big win at No. 1 doubles from Ben Burnap and Kyle Mersereau, as the duo grinded out an 8-6 victory.

In singles play, the Pride won four of six matches. Burnap cruised at No. 2 singles, 6-1, 6-3, while Joe Gianelli also won in straight sets at No. 6 singles, 6-4, 6-0. Jesse Boyd was victorious at No. 5, 7-5, 6-4, and Doug Nickerson provided Springfield with its only three-set victory of the afternoon. Nickerson prevailed at No. 4 singles, 3-6, 7-6, 10-8,