WESTON, Mass. (April 18, 2026) – Clark University clinched home court advantage over Emerson College for next week's New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Tournament first round clash with a 6-1 triumph in the NEWMAC regular season finale for both at Regis College Tennis Courts this afternoon.
Clark (13-5, 4-3 NEWMAC) wrapped up the No. 4 seed for the NEWMAC Tournament and the right to host No. 5-seed Emerson (9-9, 3-4 NEWMAC) in a first round matchup that will be played at Corash Tennis Courts in Worcester on Wednesday at 3 p.m. The Lions clinched their first NEWMAC tournament bid in program history earlier in the week.
Highlights
- Junior Aris Kirkorian and sophomore Ziad Tabbara led a trio of double winners for Clark.
- Freshman Ben Liu rounded out the Cougars with wins in singles and doubles play, while senior Graham Russo and freshman Petru Cojocaru each notched singles points.
- Junior Filippo Nocchi was a double winner for Emerson.
How It Happened
- Clark earned the doubles point by taking No. 2 and No. 3 doubles after Nocchi and sophomore Connor Leung combined for a 6-2 win at No. 1 doubles.
- Tabbara and Kirkorian teamed up for a 6-3 win at No. 2 doubles for Clark, while Liu and freshman Ved Rao secured the point by taking No. 3 doubles by a break.
- Clark secured the key match win by taking five of six singles matches.
- Kirkorian won by retirement at No. 3 singles, while Liu finished off his second win of the match without dropping a game in his straight sets win at No. 5 singles.
- Tabbara provided the match clinching point for the Cougars with a 6-2, 6-2 triumph at No. 2 singles over Leung.
- Nocchi added his second win of the match by taking the third set in a super tiebreaker over Clark senior Edward Shepherd-Johnson at No. 1 singles.
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