April 3, 2005

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. -- The men's tennis squad dropped a 7-0 decision to the BC Eagles on Saturday afternoon at the Flynn Recreation Complex, falling to 4-9 overall and 0-3 in the Big East. It was the team's third straight loss.

It was the third consecutive shutout for the Eagles (5-9, 1-0), who defeated Holy Cross and Bentley by the same score on Thursday.

BC won all six of its singles matches in straight sets. Senior Chris McCoy won in the No. 2 slot, defeating Ricardo Baraldi 6-1, 6-0.

Sophomore Soma Kesthely also won handily in the No. 1 position, cruising past Aaron Kusza, 6-1, 6-1.

Villanova returns to action on Sunday when it faces UConn at noon.

Boston College 7, Villanova 0
Singles
#1 Soma Kesthely (BC) def. Aaron Kusza (VU) - 6-1, 6-1
#2 Chris McCoy (BC) def. Ricardo Baraldi (VU) - 6-1, 6-0
#3 Derrick Chou (BC) def. Dimitri Chimerakus (VU) - 6-3, 6-1
#4 Artom Bogdanovich (BC) def. Angel Rubio (VU) - 7-6, 6-2
#5 Jason Sechrist (BC) def. Scott Fahrendorf (VU) - 6-3, 6-0
#6 Chris Louis (BC) def. Sean Gallagher (VU) - 6-4, 6-2

Doubles
#1 McCoy/Sechrist (BC) def. Kusza/Baraldi (VU) - 9-7
#2 Kesthely/Chou (BC) def. Gallagher/Chimerakus (VU) - 8-4
#3 Bogdanovich/Louis (BC) def. Fahrendorf/Farmer (VU) - 8-3