BOSTON – With the match knotted up at 4-4, senior Eric Berry-Sandelin
(South Portland, Maine) took the 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 win at third singles to
seal the victory for the University of Southern Maine Huskies in a 5-4
Little East Conference win over the UMass Boston Beacons Saturday
afternoon at the B.C. High Tennis Courts.
With the win, the Huskies – the 2014 and 2015 Little East
Conference Champions – improve their record to 4-0 overall and 2-0 in
the Little East. UMass Boston falls to 2-8 overall an 0-1 in the LEC.
Southern Maine trailed the Beacons 2-1 after the doubles
points played out. UMass Boston
won the first two points of the match
earning wins at second an third doubles before senior Tyler Adams (Buxton, Maine/Bonny Eagle) and junior Kyle Curley
(Gorham, Maine) earned an 8-4 win at first doubles over freshman Josh
Bhasin (Tulsa, Okla.) and junior Jack Wang (Suzhou, China).
Adams continued his strong play on the court and pulled
the Huskies even at 2-2 quickly winning 6-0, 6-0 at first singles
defeating UMB's Austin DeLasse (Mexico City, Mexico). Adams' win over
Delasse marked his 31st consecutive singles victory dating back through
the 2014 season. Adams is now 32-2 overall as a member of the Huskies.
A Beacons win at sixth singles gave UMB a 3-2 lead before
Curley tied the match with a 6-4, 6-3 win at second singles over
Beacons' sophomore Adhirath Bhatotia (New Delhi, India). A win at fourth
singles from sophomore Samuel Holland
(Falmouth, Maine) made it 4-3 in favor of USM. Holland's 6-2, 6-2 win
over UMB senior Vlad Leopard (Carnikava, Latvia) gave the Huskies their
first lead of the game.
UMB continued to play strong and sophomore Sanshurt
Sharma (Mumbai, India) made it a 4-4 game gutting out a 5-6, 6-4, 6-2
win at fifth singles over USM senior Sebastian Taylor
(Auburn, Maine/Edward Little), setting up the pivotal third singles
match. Tied at 6-4, 4-6 and trailing 2-1 in the third frame to Wang,
Berry-Sandelin came through for his team winning the final five points
for the 6-2 win.

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