Men's Tennis Edged by Merrimack

MANCHESTER, N.H. – Merrimack College edged Southern New Hampshire University 5-4 in a Northeast-10 men's tennis match Saturday afternoon. The Warriors improved to 3-0 overall and 1-0 in NE-10 play, while the Penmen are 1-1 overall and in the league.

Freshman Juan Arango-Campo (Armenia Quindio, Colombia) posted victories at both No. 1 singles and doubles. He defeated MC's Rishi Rajpal 6-1, 6-3 in singles action and teamed with Alex Mukdaprakorn (Hartford, Conn.) for an 8-2 win over Rajpal and Max Eppley.

In singles action, Mitchell Dobek (Westfield, Mass.) was a 6-3, 6-3 winner at No. 2 and John Niland (Cheshire Conn.) was victorious 6-4, 1-6, 10-8 at No. 5. Niland rallied from an 8-1 deficit in the tiebreaker.

Southern New Hampshire hosts Stonehill Sunday at 1:00 pm.

Singles competition

1. Juan Arango-Campo (SNH) def. Rishi Rajpal (MER) 6-1, 6-3

2. Mitchell Dobek (SNH) def. Max Eppley (MER) 6-3, 6-3

3. Petar Golijanin (MER) def. Alex Mukdaprakorn (SNH) 6-4, 6-3

4. Sean Pahler (MER) def. Jared Wright (SNH) 6-1, 6-0

5. John Niland (SNH) def. Liam Hoare (MER) 6-4, 1-6, 10-8

6. Tim McHugh (MER) def. Tim Hamilton (SNH) 8-0, 8-0

Doubles competition

1. Juan Arango-Campo/Alex Mukdaprakorn (SNH) def. Rishi Rajpal/Max Eppley (MER) 8-2

2. Sean Pahler/Petar Golijanin (MER) def. Mitchell Dobek/Jared Wright (SNH) 8-4

3. Liam Hoare/Tim McHugh (MER) def. John Niland/Tim Hamilton (SNH) 8-1

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Players Mentioned

Juan Arango-Campo: Freshman

Mitchell Dobek: Sophomore

Tim Hamilton: Sophomore

Alex Mukdaprakorn: Freshman

John Niland: Junior

Jared Wright: Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Juan Arango-Campo
: Freshman

Mitchell Dobek
: Sophomore

Tim Hamilton
: Sophomore

Alex Mukdaprakorn
: Freshman

John Niland
: Junior

Jared Wright
: Sophomore