MANCHESTER, N.H. – The Southern New Hampshire University men's tennis team fell to Saint Anselm College by a score of 5-4 Thursday evening.  The Hawks improve to 6-3 overall and within the Northeast-10 and the Penmen fall to 0-10 overall and conference play.

Jared Wright (Norwell, Mass.) and Tim Hamilton (Hampton, N.H.) combined to defeat their Hawks opponents in the No. 1 doubles matchup of the evening, staking claim to a 8-3 victory.  Hamilton, John Niland (Cheshire, Conn.), and Brendan Hussey (Barnstead, N.H.) also won their respective singles matchups.

The Penmen return to action Friday afternoon as they take on Saint Michael's College in a 3:00 p.m. tilt.

DOUBLES

No. 1 Jared Wright / Tim Hamilton (SNH) def.  Alex Schultheis / John Oberlander (STA), 8-3

No. 2 Ryan Garrette / Joseph Zucchi (STA) def. John Niland / Mingyang Chuo (SNH) 8-8 (7-5)

No. 3 Liam Concannon / William Condon (STA) def. Brendan Hussey / Cory Lefort (SNH) (8-6)

SINGLES

No. 1 Ryan Garrette (STA) def. Jared Wright (SNH), 6-7, 6-1, 6-2

No. 2 Tim Hamilton (SNH) def. John Oberlander (STA), 6-3, 6-2

No. 3 John Niland (SNH) def. Joseph Zucchi (STA), 6-3, 6-4

No. 4 Alex Schultheis (STA) def. Mingyang Chuo (SNH), 6-2, 4-6, 6-2

No. 5 Brendan Hussey (SNH) def. William Condon (STA), 7-3, 2-6, 6-1

No. 6 Michael Hanna (STA) def. Cory Lefort (SNH), 4-6, 6-4, 7-5