ERIE, PA – The Edinboro men's tennis team jumped out to a 1-0 lead after sweeping doubles and won four of the six singles matches to win their first PSAC contest over Millersville, 5-2, on Saturday afternoon. The Fighting Scots improve to 9-4 overall and 1-0 in the PSAC while the Marauders fall to 2-10 overall and 0-1 in the PSAC.

The Fighting Scots got singles wins Mauricio Santos, Nils Plutat, Tommy Hsu and Kevin Mboko at #2-#5, respectively.

Edinboro looked to take to Millersville early with the doubles sweep. Julius Schulte and Mboko started off with a 6-3 win at the top spot while Mateus Santos and Hsu followed up with a 6-2 win at number two. Mauricio Santos and Plutat closed out the doubles point with their own 6-2 win.

The Marauders looked to get back into the match as they evened the score with Carlos Martinez-Lucas picking up a win over Mateus Santos at number one singles. However, Mauricio Santos, Plutat and Mboko all won their matches in straight-sets to clinch the win for the Fighting Scots.

With the match already decided, Tommy Hsu and Ben Fellman played a match tie-break in lieu of a full third set. Hsu came away on the winning end with a 6-7 (6), 7-6 (5), 1-0 (5) win to push Edinboro to five team points. Schulte would also force a deciding match tie-break, but would fall to Rodrigo Lorencin, 6-4, 4-6, 1-0(9).

The Fighting Scots will return to the court tomorrow, March 24 when they host West Chester at 12:30 p.m. The match will take place on the Edinboro Tennis Courts.