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Cade Nadeau watching his backhand shot
Bruce Preston
2
Assumption University ASM (9-13, 3-7 NE10)
5
Winner Southern N.H. SNH (12-4, 8-2 NE10)
Assumption University ASM
(9-13, 3-7 NE10)
2
Final
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Southern N.H. SNH
(12-4, 8-2 NE10)
Winner

Match Recap: Men's Tennis |

Men's Tennis Downs Assumption, 5-2, to Collect Share of NE10 Regular-Season Title

Penmen claim their seventh NE10 regular-season crown

When and Where: April 27, 2024 – Hooksett, N.H. (Ouellette Stadium Tennis Courts)
Score: Southern New Hampshire University 5, Assumption University 2
Records: SNHU 12-4 (8-2 NE10), Assumption 9-13 (3-7 NE10)

Junior Cade Nadeau (Quispamsis, New Brunswick) and graduate student Aron Ouwejan (Wervershoof, Netherlands) each won a pair of matches to lead the Southern New Hampshire University men's tennis team to a 5-2 victory against Assumption University on Saturday afternoon in the regular-season finale at the Ouellette Stadium Tennis Courts. The win earned the Penmen a share of the NE10 Regular-Season Championship.

STANDOUT PERFORMERS
  • Nadeau clinched the win with his No. 3 singles victory, defeating Adrian Toderascu, 6-4, 6-2. He also combined with senior Jesse Den Hartog (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) for a 6-1 victory at No. 1 doubles against Yannick Heitzberg and Jakob Bordt that clinched the point.
  • Ouwejan recorded a 6-4, 6-1 win against Bernardo Balancho at No. 5 singles. He also teamed with sophomore Melvin Vix (Thionville, France) for a 6-2 take-down of Toderascu and Balancho at No. 3 doubles.
  • Junior Jonathan Berling (Moss, Norway) outlasted Heitzberg at No. 1 singles, 3-6, 7-6 (7-4), 10-8.
  • Sophomore Phillipp Roeder (Aystetten, Germany) made quick work of Henri Shibata at No. 6 singles, 6-1, 6-1.
NOTES
  • Southern New Hampshire has won 11 of its last 14, including six of seven and three straight.
  • It is SNHU's seventh NE10 Regular-Season Championship and third since 2018-19, including its second straight.
  • The Penmen finish in a two-way tie for first place in the NE10 standings with Adelphi University, which earned the tiebreaker for the No. 1 seed via its 2-0 record head-to-head with SNHU this season. Southern New Hampshire, the No. 2 seed, hosts the entire NE10 Championship at the Ouellette Stadium Tennis Courts on May 2 and 3. The Penmen host third-seeded Franklin Pierce University in the semifinals on May 2 (2 p.m.). The top-seeded Panthers play host to fourth-seeded Assumption in the other semi at 10 a.m. the two winners meet in the finals May 3 at noon.
  • SNHU leads the all-time series with Assumption, 16-3, and extends its winning streak against the Greyhounds to eight. The last Assumption win in the series came at SNHU on April 17, 2015 (6-3). The Penmen have also captured seven of eight, including four straight, at home, versus the Greyhounds.
WHAT'S NEXT
  • The second-seeded Penmen play host to third-seeded Franklin Pierce in an NE10 Championship semifinal on Thursday, May 2 (2 p.m.) at the Ouellette Stadium Tennis Courts.
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