Franklin Pierce Soars Past Saint Anselm, 6-3
Gardella and Strayer each win twice in their final collegiate match

MANCHESTER, N.H. (April 6, 2008) – The Franklin Pierce University men’s tennis team completed its 2007-08 season with a 6-3 victory over Saint Anselm College in a Northeast-10 Conference matchup on Sunday afternoon.

The Ravens were victorious in all six matches in which the team could field a player, as the team continued to be hurt by injuries, but all four players who competed earned both singles and doubles victories to carry Franklin Pierce to the conference win.

Seniors Austin Gardella (Norwalk, Conn./ Norwalk) and Ryan Strayer (Murfreesboro, Tenn./Enfield (Conn.)) each earned a pair of wins in their final collegiate match, beginning with an 8-4 win in first doubles action. Gardella then took a 6-1, 6-3 victory at first singles over Ryan Garrette (Conway, N.H./Kennett), while Strayer split the first two sets with Chris Tremblay (Haverhill, Mass./Bishop Fenwick), 4-6 and 7-6, before gutting out a 13-11 tiebreaker win.

Junior Roland Oganyan (Watertown, Mass./Watertown) and freshman Max Logan (Waterford, Conn./Waterford) also were dual winners for Franklin Pierce, including an 8-6 second-doubles win. Oganyan dropped only two games at second singles in a 6-1, 6-1 win, while Logan took a 6-4 first set in his third singles match with Chris Darnowski (Barrington, R.I./LaSalle Academy) before cruising to a 6-1 second-set victory.

With the win, Franklin Pierce completes its 2007-08 season with a 2-8 record both overall and in the Northeast-10. Saint Anselm (0-9, 0-8 NE-10) travels to Bentley College for a conference matchup on Tuesday at 3:30 p.m.

Franklin Pierce 6, Saint Anselm 3

Doubles
1. Austin Gardella/Ryan Strayer (FP) def. Ryan Garrette/John Oberlander (STA), 8-4

2. Max Logan/Roland Oganyan (FP) def. Corey Boudreau/Chris Darnowski (STA), 8-6
3. Saint Anselm wins by default

Singles
1. Gardella (FP) def. Garrette (STA), 6-1, 6-3
2. Oganyan (FP) def. Oberlander (STA), 6-1, 6-1
3. Logan (FP) def. Darnowski (STA), 6-4, 6-1
4. Strayer (FP) def. Chris Tremblay (STA), 4-6, 7-6, 13-11
5. Saint Anselm wins by default
6. Saint Anselm wins by default