WORCESTER, Mass. — Junior William Kelleher, freshman Patrick Ling, junior Connor Nelson and senior Declan O'Flynn all posted victories in both singles and doubles action, as the Holy Cross men's tennis team defeated Merrimack 6-1 at the Sinnott Family Tennis Facility. The Crusaders improve to 5-8 on the season with the win, while the Warriors fall to 5-11 overall.

Holy Cross began the day by taking all three doubles matches to claim the doubles point. O'Flynn and sophomore Diego Tran Rosado led the way with a 7-6 (7-3) victory over Aryaan Bhatia and Henrik Lindeman at the No. 1 spot. Kelleher and freshman Alessandro Bizzarri added a 6-4 win over Vanentin Riveros and Charles Robertson at No. 2, while Ling and Nelson downed Daksh Agarwal and Pedro de Godoy Mancini 6-4 at No. 3. 

In singles action, freshman Camilo Illanes picked up a 6-4, 6-0 win over Lindeman at the No. 2 position. Nelson downed Robertson 7-5, 6-4 at No. 3, while O'Flynn beat Andre Singer 6-2, 2-6, 6-4 at No. 4. Other winners for the Crusaders were Kellher at No. 5 (6-4, 6-3 over Agarwal) and Ling at No. 6 (6-3, 3-6, (10-1) over Riveros).

Holy Cross returns to action on Thursday, April 6, when it is scheduled to play host to Fordham at 3 p.m.

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