Tennis falls to UMass Boston in tough battle

BOSTON, Mass. – Sophomore Bobby Venning (Greenfield, NH) defeated Himanshu  Dubey in three sets (6-1, 3-6, 6-3) in number two singles last night, but it was the only singles victory as the Wheelock tennis team fell to UMass Boston 7-2 at Winsor Field. Senior  Jessi  Ritucci (Holliston, Mass.) pushed Brian Sou to three sets in number five singles, but fell in the final set 4-6.

The other win for the Wildcats came in number one doubles as Wilson Chang (Lee, Mass.) and Venning defeated T. Leng and Ryan Swann 9-7. Wheelock will look to get back in the win column next Tuesday evening when the team travels to Lesley University in New England Collegiate Conference action.

Chang/Venning def Leng/Swann 9-7 1st doubles
Dubey/Nguyen def Needham/Ritucci 8-4 2nd doubles
Boguslavskiy/Daulo def Kareckas/Webber 8-5 3rd doubles

Leng def Chang 6-3, 6-1 1st singles
Venning def Dubey 6-1,3-6,6-3 2nd singles
Swann def Needham 6-0,6-1 3rd singles
Nguyen def Kareckas 6-1,6-0 4th singles
Sou def Ritucci 4-6, 6-3, 4-6 5th singles
Boguslavskiy def Webber 6-2, 6-2 6th singles