Nicholas Ballou, Men's Tennis

Nicholas Ballou, Men's Tennis

Nicholas Ballou teamed up with Ray Worley to defeat the nationally ranked No. 1 doubles pairing of Bryan Chow and Richard Meyer of Williams by a convincing 8-2 score on March 28. The CLU duo avenged its loss to Chow and Meyer in the USTA/ITA Divisional III National Championship title match this past fall.

So far this season Ballou and Worley have teamed up to defeat the No. 1, No. 4, and No. 5 nationally ranked doubles teams and are 11-2, 2-0 SCIAC this season.

In singles play Ballou earned his fifth win in a row after cruising to a 6-1, 6-2 win over Meyer at the No. 1 slot. All of those triumphs have come in straight sets while giving up no more than six total games in those contests.

Ballou is currently ranked n the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) West region rankings at No. 4 singles and No. 1 in doubles.