Men's Tennis dropped by Johnson State 7-2

Pittsfield, MA- The MCLA Men's Tennis team fell to visiting Johnson State 7-2 this afternoon.  The match was moved indoors to Pittsfield's Berkshire West facility.  With the loss, the Trailblazers are now 3-5 on the season while Johnson improves to 9-7 overall.

MCLA's Joseph Whitehouse and Amory Galili earned the lone points for the Trailblazers.  Whitehouse was victorious in the number three singles slot defeating Kyle Young 6-4, 6-3. 

Galili won in the fifth singles slot defeating Peter LeBlanc in straight sets.  Trailblazer Taylor Krowitz gave a valliant effort in the second slot before falling in a tiebreaker to Alen Turan 6-1, 2-6, 10-4.

The Trailblazers were swept in the doubles matches as the top duo of Daniel Nesti and Krowitz fell 8-4 to Chance Swafford and James Dempsey.

MCLA will take on Lyndon State on Tuesday before wrapping up their spring season on Wednesday at home against Springfield College.

Singles Matches-

1) Chance Swafford (JSC) def. Daniel Nesti (MCLA) 6-2, 6-0
2) Alen Turan (JSC) def. Taylor Krowitz (MCLA) 6-2, 2-6, 10-4
3) Joseph Whitehouse (MCLA) def. Kyle Young (JSC) 6-4, 6-3
4) James Dempsey (JSC) def. Mitchell Mabardy (MCLA) 6-1, 6-3
5) Amory Galili (MCLA) def. Peter LeBlanc (JSC) 6-4, 6-4
6) Brian Hickey (JSC) def. Brendan Peltier (MCLA) 6-1, 6-1

Doubles Matches-

1) Swafford/Dempsey (JSC) def. Nesti/Krowitz (MCLA) 8-4
2) Turan/Young (JSC) def. Whitehouse/Galili (MCLA) 8-2
3) LeBlanc/Hickey (JSC) def. Mabardy/Richard Larocque (MCLA) 8-3

Johnson State defeats MCLA 7-2

Johnson moves to 9-7, MCLA falls to 3-5