WENHAM, Mass.â€"Senior tri-captain Greg Tischofer accounted for two of Western New England's points on Saturday, but it wasn't enough as host Gordon College doubled up on the Golden Bears, 6-3, in Commonwealth Coast Conference men's tennis action at the Brigham Courts.

Tischofer won a thrilling match at No. 6 singles by overcoming a 6-4 loss in the first set to down Joe Daugherty in a pair of super tiebreakers, 10-7 and 12-10. He also teamed up with classmate Chris Spear at No. 3 doubles to double up James Hawn and Daugherty, 8-4.

For his part, Spear had a singles comeback of his own at No. 3. He defeated Michael D'Antuono, who had taken the first set 6-2, by 6-2 and 6-1 scores in the next two.

Western New England is at Salve Regina in another CCC encounter at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday.

Singles competition
1. Zach Hall (GC) def. Alexander Sause (WNE-M) 6-1, 6-2
2. Mason Casady (GC) def. Andres Otero (WNE-M) 6-0, 6-1
3. Chris Spear (WNE-M) def. Michael D'Antuono (GC) 2-6, 6-2, 6-1
4. James Hawn (GC) def. Peter LeFrancois (WNE-M) 6-1, 6-3
5. Peter Godwin (GC) def. Adam Zimmerman (WNE-M) 6-2, 3-6, 1-0 (10-5)
6. Greg Tischofer (WNE-M) def. Joe Daugherty (GC) 4-6, 1-0 (10-7), 1-0 (12-10)

Doubles competition
1. Zach Hall/Mason Casady (GC) def. Andres Otero/PJ Nassar (WNE-M) 8-4
2. Michael D'Antuono/Peter Godwin (GC) def. Alexander Sause/Adam Zimmerman (WNE-M) 8-2
3. Chris Spear/Greg Tischofer (WNE-M) def. James Hawn/Joe Daugherty (GC) 8-4

Match Notes
Western New England: 5-4 (2-2 CCC); Gordon: 10-2 (3-1 CCC); Order of finish: Doubles (2,1,3), Singles (2,1,3,4,5,6); Official: David Keene

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