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COLCHESTER, Vt. – The Merrimack College men's tennis program improved to 2-0 in Northeast-10 Conference play on Sunday afternoon, shutting out the Saint Michael's College Purple Knights, 9-0, in a road match up in Colchester, Vt.

The Basics
Score: Merrimack 9, Saint Michael's 0
Records: Merrimack (5-3, 2-0 NE10) | Saint Michael's (0-5, 0-4 NE10)
Location: Colchester, Vt.

Results
Doubles

1. Mikhail Belov/Denis Davydov (MERM) def. Dan Foley/Cam Maher (STM) 8-1 2. Frank Vega/Alex Fedorov (MERM) def. Matt Mosher/Max Allen (STM) 8-2 3. Tyler Clontz/Paul Weidinger (MERM) def. Jake Remillard/Colby Antonacci (STM) 8-3

Singles

1. Mikhail Belov (MERM) def. Matt Mosher (STM) 6-2, 6-1 2. Denis Davydov (MERM) def. Dan Foley (STM) 6-0, 6-1 3. Frank Vega (MERM) def. Cam Maher (STM) 6-2, 6-0 4. Alex Fedorov (MERM) def. Jake Remillard (STM) 6-1, 6-1 5. Tyler Clontz (MERM) def. Colby Antonacci (STM) 8-3 6. Paul Weidinger (MERM) def. Max Allen (STM) 8-1

Rapid Recap

• Merrimack completed its first doubles sweep of the season, with the longest match lasting just 11 games. Merrimack's top-flight Russian pairing of senior Mikhail Belov and sophomore Denis Davydov won by an 8-1 margin while senior Frank Vega  and sophomore Alex Fedorov needed just one more game to prevail at No. 2 (8-2). Junior Tyler Clontz and sophomore Paul Weidinger won in 8-3 fashion at third doubles
• Flights No. 1-4 in the singles venue featured two-set sweeps, while fifth and sixth singles finished as one-set affairs
• Davydov nearly posted an unblemished victory at second singles (6-0, 6-1), while Vega clinched his match at No. 3 with a shutout win in the second set (6-2, 6-0)
• Belov and Weidinger won at No. 1 and No. 6, respectively, to join Fedorov and Vega with consecutive singles wins to start Merrimack's NE10 slate

Up Next:
The Warriors return to regional play on Saturday afternoon by hosting the District of Columbia at 2 p.m. from Northeast Tennis Center.