WORCESTER, Mass. – Becker College held on for a 5-4 victory over Mitchell College in New England Collegiate Conference men's tennis action Thursday afternoon. Both teams finish the regular season with records of 6-5 (4-4 NECC).

In top doubles action, Mitchell's Adam Diaz (Bellerose Village, N.Y.) and Orson Sinclair (New London, Conn.) defeated Connor Allison (Hillsboro, Ore.) and Aaron Peterson (San Diego, Calif.), 8-6. The Hawks captured number two doubles when the combo of Thomas Lanphear (Manchester, Maine) and Thomas Nourie (Morgan Hill, Calif.) bested Graham Cavanaugh (Reading, Conn.) and Zack Rocheleau (Winchendon, Mass.), 8-6. Becker took a 2-1 lead into singles action after Brittan Morris (Cedar Park, Texas) and Francis Musick (Laurel Springs, N.J.) battled past Anthony Drake (Wethersfield, Conn.) and Chris McKeon (North Scituate, R.I.) in third doubles play, 8-4.

Graham Cavanaugh rebounded from his doubles loss by defeating Aaron Peterson in top singles action, 6-2, 6-4. Mitchell also took number two singles when Adam Diaz earned his second win of the day, defeating Aaron Peterson in straight sets, 6-0, 6-1. After dropping the first set 6-4 to Orson Sinclair, Becker's Brittan Morris rallied to take the final two sets 6-3, 6-4 to earn the win in number three singles. Connor Allison outlasted Michael Berman (Fair Lawn, N.J.) in number four singles, 6-2, 7-5. Thomas Nourie gave the Hawks their fifth win of day when he clipped Michael Edwards (Bozrah, Conn.) in number five singles, 6-2, 7-6. The Mariners earned the victory in number six singles when Chris McKeon downed Oliver Awat (Springfield, Mass.) in straight sets, 6-3, 6-1.

Both teams will advance to the upcoming NECC Tournament which begins on Saturday, April 25.