Springfield, Mass. — October 3, 2026 — The Springfield College men's tennis team hosted its fall invitational on Saturday afternoon alongside Nichols College, Colby-Sawyer and Coast Guard. 

The Pride played 12 matches apiece against the Bison and the Chargers, competing in four doubles matches and eight singles matches against each program and totaling five doubles wins and 11 singles wins.

In doubles against Nichols, Austin Prendiville (City Beach, Australia) and Akito Shimamura (Hirono, Japan) won at No. 2 doubles 7-6 while Lucas Lopes Teixeira (Limeira, Brazil) and Ricardo Rodriguez Battaglia (Leon, Mexico) won at No. 3 doubles 6-4. Springfield won three of the four doubles matches against Colby-Sawyer as Deagan Tomkins (Moama, Australia) and Shimamura won at No. 1 doubles by a score of 6-4, Teixeira and Rodriguez won 6-2 at No. 2 doubles and Angelo Guzman (Port Jefferson Station, N.Y.) and Emiliano Montenegro Galarza (Huixquilucan, Mexico) won at No. 3 doubles, 6-3 to wrap up doubles action for the Pride

Guzman, Shimamura and Teixeira all won both of their singles matches against both the Bison and the Chargers. At No. 2 singles, Guzman defeated Felipe Gonzalez of Nichols 6-2, 6-2 and Leonardo Brezzi of Colby-Sawyer 6-3, 5-7 (10-4). Shimamura won his matches at No. 3 singles by scores of 6-1, 6-1 and 7-6, 6-2 while Teixeira won by scores of 7-6, 7-5 and 6-3, 6-2 at No. 4 doubles. 

Springfield swept Colby-Sawyer in singles play as Tomkins, Montenegro, Rodriguez, Chris Drake (Cornwall, N.Y.) and Raiden Etscheit (Honolulu, Hawaii) all registered wins against the Chargers to round out the day. 

The Pride will host Curry College on Thursday at 3:30 pm on the Appleton Tennis Courts.

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