COLCHESTER, VT – Bernardo Balancho picked up a 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 win at No. 6 singles to lift the Assumption University men's tennis team past Saint Michael's College in Northeast-10 Conference action Saturday afternoon. 
 
THE BASICS

• Score: Assumption University 4, Saint Michael's College 3
• Records: Greyhounds (4-0, 2-0 NE10), Purple Knights (1-1, 0-1 NE10)

 
SINGLES RESULTS

• Yannick Heitzeberg (ASM) def. Tristian Du Plessis (STM) 6-2, 6-4
• Herman Aguirre (ASM) def. Sergio Barroso (STM) 6-2, 6-2
• Julius van den Broek (STM) def. Hugo Petersson (ASM) 7-6(3), 6-2
• Alec Pijnacker (ASM) def. Jackson Moser (STM) 7-6(1), 6-2
• Brayden Effler (STM) def. Freddie Simpson (ASM) 6-4, 7-6(2)
• Bernardo Balancho (ASM) def. Benji Hegedus-Kyster (STM) 4-6, 6-4, 6-2

 
DOUBLES RESULTS

• Du Plessis/Barroso (STM) def. Heitzeberg/Petersson (ASM) 6-0
• van den Broek/Moser (STM) def. Aguirre/Bassani (ASM) 7-6(7)
• Effler/Macpherson (STM) def. Simpson/Balancho (ASM) 6-3

 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS

• The match was moved indoors after the Greyhounds took a 3-2 lead, with both the No. 5 and No. 6 singles matches still in progress.
• Bernardo Balancho's win at No. 6 singles clinched the victory for Assumption in a decisive third set.
• Assumption remains unbeaten at 4-0, with two NE10 conference wins.
• The Hounds lead the all-time series against the Purple Knights 9-6

 
UP NEXT

• Assumption vs. Southern New Hampshire University, Saturday, October 5, 1:00 pm. 
• Saint Michael's vs. University of Montreal, Saturday, September 28, 11:00 am

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