MEDFORD - The Tufts University men's tennis team, ranked third nationally, shut out the #24 Colby College Mules 9-0 in a NESCAC matchup on Saturday afternoon for their 12th consecutive victory.
The Jumbos (13-1, 7-1 NESCAC) swept the doubles competition 3-0 as the team of Rishabh Sharda and Josh Belandres defeated Colby's (8-4, 4-2 NESCAC) Joey Barrett and Jake Cohen 8-3 in the #1 match. Isaac Gorelik and Paris Pentousis earned an 8-6 victory in the #2 match while the third doubles duo of Niko Hereford and Derin Acaroglu (pictured) won their match 8-4.
Tufts did not allow one match to reach a third set in their sweep of singles play. Gorelik defeated Barrett 7-5, 6-0 in the first singles spot and Sharda earned a 6-1, 6-2 win over Cohen in the #2 match. Vuk Vuksanovic played in the #3 spot for the Jumbos against Max Schuermann, winning 6-3, 6-3 and Pentousis defeated Sam Henry 6-4, 6-0 in the fourth singles.
Acaroglu battled to a 6-4, 7-5 win over James Bogdanovic in the #5 singles match and Belandres defeated Sriram Das 6-4, 6-0 in the sixth spot.
The Jumbos entered Saturday ranked #1 in the region while Colby came in as the ninth-ranked team in the region. The 9-0 victory gives Tufts their fourth shutout victory of the season.
The Jumbos will now host another NESCAC match against Hamilton College next Saturday, April 30 at 10 am.
Written by Tim O'Brien, Athletic Communications Intern
