MILTON, Mass. - The Hartford men's tennis team picked up their first victory of the spring season on Tuesday defeating Curry College by a 7-0 final. This was the first Conference of New England (CNE) win in program history. 

Rapid Recap:

• The Hawks won all three doubles matches. In #1 doubles sophomore Jake Short (Poughquag, N.Y.) and sophomore Anthony Pomares (Norwich, N.Y.) won by a 6-2 final. Freshman Eli Benoit (Plainville, Conn.) and freshman Yande Simunyola (Dawsonville, Ga.) won by a 6-1 margin and freshman Thomas Andersen (Berlin, Conn.) and freshman Jared DeGruttola (Auburn, Mass.) won #3 doubles by a 7-5 final. 
• In singles play Short won #1 singles 6-0, 6-0. Simunyola won 6-1, 6-3 in #2 singles. Pomares had a good showing in #3 singles winning 6-0, 6-2. Benoit won 6-4, 6-4, while DeGruttola came back to win #5 singles 3-6, 6-1, 10-8. Finally in #6 singles sophomore Connor Nickischer (Wallingford, Conn.) won by a 6-0, 6-1 final. 

Post Match Press:
"We just got our first taste of victory today and we are hungry for more. today's victory just goes to show our hard work has paid off and that we can be a competitive team among our conference", said sophomore Jake Short (Poughquag, N.Y.). We are ready for Wentworth this Saturday, let's get it."

Up Next:
The Hawks will travel to Boston to take on Wentworth Institute of Technology at 6:00 PM.

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