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PURPLE KNIGHT MEN CLINCH SEVENTH SEED IN NE-10 PLAYOFFS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                               FOR MORE INFORMATION April 17, 2005                                                                                     Contact: Seth Cole Courtesy Merrimack Sports Information                                                Phone: (802) 654-2537 NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. – Freshman Andy Samara won at first single and first doubles to lead the Saint Michael’s College men’s tennis team to an 8-1 win over Merrimack College in a Northeast-10 match on Sunday afternoon. Saint Michael’s improved to 5-7 overall, 5-6 in the Northeast-10. Merrimack fell to 2-9, 2-8 and was eliminated from the race for a spot in the Northeast-10 Tournament. Samara (South Burlington, Vt.) won at first singles, 7-5, 6-2, and joined sophomore Andrew Bolduc (South Burlington, Vt.) for an 8-2 win at first doubles. Bolduc won a three-set match at second doubles, and senior Josh Holt (Woodstock, Vt.), freshman Christian van den Broek (Aerdenhout, Holland) and freshman Luke Lombardi (Manchester, Mass.) also won singles and doubles matches for the Purple Knights. Junior Andy Severance (Gouldsboro, Maine) was the lone winner for the Warriors, earning a point for with a 9-8 win at fifth singles. Merrimack wraps up the 2004-05 season on Monday, hosting Franklin Pierce at noon, while Saint Michael’s, which finished seventh in the Northeast-10 standings, will play at the to-be-determined No. 2 seed in the conference tournament quarterfinals on Wednesday. Singles Results 1. Andy Samara (STM) def. Peter Arsenault, 7-5, 6-2 2. Andrew Bolduc (STM) def. Dan Hrobak, 5-7, 6-3, (10-3) 3. Josh Holt (STM) def. Joe Collins, 6-3, 7-6 (5) 4. Christian van den Broek (STM) def. Brian Reilly, 6-1, 6-1 5. Andy Severance (MER) def. Torr Terranova, 9-8 (2) 6. Luke Lombardi (STM) def. Chris Dobi, 8-2 Doubles Results 1. Samara/Bolduc (STM) def. Collins/Arsenault, 8-2 2. Lombardi/van den Broek (STM) def. Hrobak/Severance, 8-5 3. Terranova/Holt (STM) def. Reilly/Dobi, 8-1 ###PURPLEKNIGHTS###

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