MEADVILLE, Pa. (September 3, 2016) – The Edinboro University men's tennis team opened its season with a pair of wins to take the championship at the Harvey & Nancy Heath Gator Invitational, hosted by Allegheny College. The Fighting Scots beat Grove City in the first round, 9-0, then followed up with a 7-2 win in the championship round over Fairmont State. Edinboro, the defending NCAA Atlantic Region II champions, open the year at 2-0.
 
Head coach Lee Underwood's squad breezed past the Wolverines in their opening match, sweeping the doubles matches by a combined score of 24-3. Vitor Albanese and Edinboro newcomer Kolja Hein shutout Zack Sprunger and Edward Doyle in the number-one doubles spot.
 
Edinboro took all six singles matches in two sets. The top four Edinboro players allowed just two combined points versus Grove City, with Mateus Santos and Mauricio Santos (no relation) posting a pair of shutout wins in in the second and third singles spots, respectively.
 
The Fighting Scots took four singles matches in the championship match versus Fairmont State, with Albanese, Mauricio Santos, Daniel Fernandez and Hein each earning two-set singles victories. Their two defeats each came down to a third-set tiebreaker, with Mateus Santos being edged, 11-9, by Micah Hornek.
 
Head coach Lee Underwood's team swept the doubles matches to secure the victory. Albanese/Hein and Fernandez/Mateus Santos each accounted for 8-2 wins, while Kevin Mboko and Mauricio Santos posted an 8-4 win.
 
GATOR INVITATIONAL FIRST ROUND -- EDINBORO 9, GROVE CITY 0
Singles competition
1. Vitor Albanese (EDINMT) def. Zack Sprunger (GRO) 6-1, 6-0
2. Mateus Santos (EDINMT) def. Edward Doyle (GRO) 6-0, 6-0
3. Mauricio Santos (EDINMT) def. Miguel Esteban Diaz (GRO) 6-0, 6-0
4. Daniel Fernandez (EDINMT) def. Nathan Roberts (GRO) 6-1, 6-0
5. Kevin Mboko (EDINMT) def. Jimmy Covatto (GRO) 6-3, 6-1
6. Kolja Hein (EDINMT) def. Andrew Graber (GRO) 6-2, 6-4
 
Doubles competition
1. Vitor Albanese/Kolja Hein (EDINMT) def. Zack Sprunger/Edward Doyle (GRO) 8-0
2. Daniel Fernandez/Mateus Santos (EDINMT) def. Nathan Roberts/Tyler Fehr (GRO) 8-1
3. Kevin Mboko/Mauricio Santos (EDINMT) def. Andrew Graber/Andrew Iseminger (GRO) 8-2
 
GATOR INVIATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND -- EDINBORO 7, FAIRMONT STATE 2
Singles competition
1. Vitor Albanese (EDINMT) def. Lucas Alves (FAIRMONT) 6-2, 7-5
2. Micah Hornek (FAIRMONT) def. Mateus Santos (EDINMT) 4-6, 6-3, 11-9
3. Mauricio Santos (EDINMT) def. Tom Liddy (FAIRMONT) 6-2, 6-1
4. Daniel Fernandez (EDINMT) def. Gus Pachane (FAIRMONT) 7-5, 6-3
5. Dillon Early (FAIRMONT) def. Kevin Mboko (EDINMT) 0-6, 6-0, 10-7
6. Kolja Hein (EDINMT) def. Alec Moran (FAIRMONT) 6-4, 6-4
 
Doubles competition
1. Vitor Albanese/Kolja Hein (EDINMT) def. Micah Hornek/Tom Liddy (FAIRMONT) 8-2
2. Daniel Fernandez/Mateus Santos (EDINMT) def. Lucas Alves/Gus Pachane (FAIRMONT) 8-2
3. Kevin Mboko/Mauricio Santos (EDINMT) def. Dillon Early/Alec Moran (FAIRMONT) 8-4