LEICESTER, Mass. –  Becker College held on for a 5-4 victory over Newbury College in New England Collegiate Conference men's tennis action Saturday afternoon. The win lifts the Hawks record to 5-3 (3-2 NECC) while the Nighthawks sink to 3-5 (1-5 NECC).

Newbury captured top doubles action when Christian Repunte (Burlington, Mass.) and Joey Verdon (Catskill, N.Y.) clipped Connor Allison (Hillsboro, Ore.) and Aaron Peterson (San Diego, Calif.), 9-8.  The Nighthawks also took number two doubles as Wayne Gethers (Cambridge, Mass.) and DaRay Ross (Laurel, Md.) battled past Becker's Thomas Lanphear (Manchester, Maine) and Brittan Morris (Cedar Park, Texas), 8-6. Brian Fradsham (West Boylston, mass.) and Francis Musick (Laurel Springs, N.J.) were able to salvage number three doubles by defeating Mohammed Al-Noor (Boston, Mass.) and Alex Rodriguez (Hyde Park, Mass.), 8-1.

Christian Repunte earned his second victory of the day when he bested Aaron Peterson in top singles action, 6-2, 7-6.  Joey Verdon gave the Nighthawks their fourth victory of the day when he used a third set tiebreaker to beat Thomas Lanphear in number two singles, 4-6, 6-1, 10-5. Becker went on to win the final four singles sets. After Brittan Morris defeated Wayne Gethers in number three singles with scores of 6-1 and 6-2, Brian Fradsham, Connor Allison and Thomas Nourie (Morgan Hill, Calif.) defeated their opponents in straight sets, 6-0, 6-0.

Both teams finish their home and home match tomorrow at noon.