EDINBORO, Pa. - The Edinboro men's tennis team faced windy conditions on Friday, but the Fighting Scots took care of business with a 4-3 victory over West Virginia Wesleyan. The Fighting Scots improve to 8-3 overall, while the Bobcats fell to 3-4 on the season. Entering the match, West Virginia Wesleyan was ranked third in the ITA Atlantic Region rankings, while Edinboro was fifth.
Both teams split singles competition, 3-3.
Mauricio Santos secured the win at number two singles for Edinboro, 6-3, 6-3 over Carlos Dodero.
The second singles point came from
Julius Schulte in number six singles. He played three sets going 6-4, 2-6 through the first two sets against Christos Kyrillou. In the third set, the freshman was victorious, 6-2.
Nils Plutat secured the match clinching point for Edinboro. He won the first set at number four singles, 6-3, but his opponent, Harry Simaioforidis came back in the second set (3-6) to knot the match at 1-1. The freshman would then pick the important match point in the decisive third set, 6-4.
Edinboro swept its competition in doubles play.
Kevin Mboko and Schulte were victorious at number one doubles, 6-4.
Mateus Santos and
Tommy Hsu won 6-4 at number two doubles.
The Scots return to action on Sunday, March 17 at Ashland at 4:00 p.m.
| Singles competition |
| 1. Lukas Laipold (WVW-M) def. Mateus Santos (EDIN-M) 6-0, 6-3 |
| 2. Mauricio Santos (EDIN-M) def. Carlos Dodero (WVW-M) 6-3, 6-3 |
| 3. Maycon Dias (WVW-M) def. Tommy Hsu (EDIN-M) 6-2, 7-6 (7-4) |
| 4. Nils Plutat (EDIN-M) def. Harry Simaioforidis (WVW-M) 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 |
| 5. A. Lyudinovskiy (WVW-M) def. Kevin Mboko (EDIN-M) 7-5, 6-1 |
| 6. Julius Schulte (EDIN-M) def. Christos Kyrillou (WVW-M) 6-4, 2-6, 6-2 |
