2006 NEWMAC MEN'S TENNIS TOURNAMENT - Wheaton advances to second straight title match behind 4-0 semifinal win over Clark

April 29, 2006

NORTON, MA- The second-seeded Wheaton College men's tennis team advanced to its second straight New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Tournament championship match after downing number three Clark University, 4-0 in Saturday's semifinal round on the Clark Tennis Courts. Now 11-5, the Lyons will face number one Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), which picked up a 5-0 win over the United States Coast Guard Academy on Saturday, in the 1:30 p.m. championship. Clark completed its season with a 6-9 record.

The Lyons began by sweeping doubles play and earning the point for a 1-0 lead. Senior Matt Sheers (Beacon, NY/Beacon) teamed with junior Payum Payman (Pleasant Valley, NY/Arlington) for an 8-1 win at the top slot, juniors Brian Danishevsky (Hamden, CT/Hamden Hall Country Day School) and Brad Dressler (Cranston, RI/Cranston West) combined for an 8-2 second-position victory, while senior Nick Potter (Concord, NH/Concord) and junior Will Stoddard (Huntington, VT/Mount Mansfield Union) corralled an 8-4 triumph at number three.

In singles action, Wheaton clinched the team win by earning victories in the only three completed matches. Daly, Danishevsky and Potter combined to drop a total of one point during their wins, with Daly and Danishevsky notching 6-0, 6-0 sweeps at numbers two and three, respectively. Potter won by a 6-0, 6-1 final at the fifth position.

The Blue and White will participate in the third championship match in program history, having also qualified for the 2000 tournament finale. Wheaton opposes an MIT team which has won all seven NEWMAC postseason crowns. Each team is ranked in the latest Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Division III poll, as the Lyons are currently 25th and the Engineers are 17th. During each team's regular season finale last Saturday, MIT pulled out a 7-0 win.

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