MANCHESTER, N.H. - The Southern New Hampshire University men's tennis team suffered its first loss of the season Thursday afternoon as it was edged by Bentley College 5-4 at the SNHU courts.  The Falcons improve to 1-1 and 1-0 in Northeast-10 play, while the Penmen fall to 2-1 overall and in the league.

Picking up singles victories for the Penmen were David Spaggiari (Manizales, Colombia), a 6-0, 6-4 winner at No. 1 singles, Luiz Ramirez (San Cristobal, Venezuela), a 6-0, 6-1 victor at No. 2 and Andrew McFarland (Windham, ME), a 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 winner at No. 5.  Spaggiari and Ramirez would also combine for SNHU's lone singles win, trumphing by a score of 8-6 in the No. 1 position.

Southern New Hampshire returns to action Saturday when it hosts Merrimack College in a 1:00 match.

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Bentley 5, Southern New Hampshire 4
 
Singles Matches
1. David Spaggiari (SNH) def. Michael Dolan (BEN)   6-0, 6-4
2. Luis Ramirez (SNH) def. Celestino Sepulveda (BEN) 6-0, 6-1
3. Patrick Schorno (BEN) def. Michael Ricciardi (SNH)    6-2, 6-1
4. Stephen Sparks (BEN) def. Sam Gould (SNH)   3-6, 6-3, 6-2
5. Andrew McFarland (SNH) def. Scott Rosen (BEN) 4-6, 6-4, 6-2
6. Jonathan Scher (BEN) def. Mark McDonald (SNH) 6-0, 6-1

Doubles Matches
1. Spaggiari/Ramirez (SNH) def. Sepulveda/Schorno (BEN)   8-6
2. Dolan/Sparks (BEN) def. Ricciardi/Gould (SNH) 8-0
3. Rosen/Scher (BEN) def. McFarland/Shane Cochran (SNH) 8-0