Millersville, Pa. -- The Millersville University men's tennis team dominated West Chester Tuesday, winning 8-1 against its PSAC East rival and extending its amazing winning streak to eight. In beating the Golden Rams, the Marauders are 9-3 overall, 2-0 in conference play and 8-1 in 2009.
During its streak, the Marauders have outscored opponents 61-11 in match play. The Golden Rams, meanwhile fall to 2-10 overall and 0-4 in conference play.
In singles play Tuesday, Sophomore
Drew Slocum, handled the No. 1 spot with his usual dominance, defeating West Chester's Jeff Rightnour 6-3, 6-3.
Freshman
Donald Swantko had a tough first set against Matt Thomas, but eventually dispatched the Golden Ram 7-5, 6-3.
Millersville junior
Andrew Sorgi took care of West Chester's John Howanksi in a close one, needing a second-set tie-breaker to finish the match 6-4, 7-6 (7-5).
In the only loss of the day for the Marauders, West Chester's Alan Day needed three grueling sets to down Millersville senior
Mark Treires 6-4, 4-6, 10-5
Freshman
Henry Ben returned the Marauders to their winning ways, beating Mike Ensor 8-4, in the single set the teams agreed to ahead of time.
Senior
Dusty Speicher ended singles play for Millersville with a decisive win over WCU's Bill Ensor, 8-4.
All three doubles matches were single sets, with an eight game minimum. Millersville took them all, 8-6, 8-2 and 8-3.
Next up for the Marauders will be the Bloomsburg Huskies, who are 7-1 overall and handed Millersville its last loss on March 1. The matches kick off Wednesday at 2 p.m. on the McComsey tennis courts.
Singles
- Drew Slocum (MU) def Jeff Rightnour 6-3, 6-3
- Donald Swantko (MU) def Matt Thomas 7-5, 6-3
- Andrew Sorgi (MU) def John Howanski 6-4, 7-6 (7-5)
- Alan Day (WC) def Mark Treires 6-4, 4-6, 10-5
- Henry Ben (MU) def Mike Ensor 8-2
- Dusty Speicher (MU) def Bill Ensor 8-4
Doubles
- Slocum & Sorgi (MU) def Rightnour & Thomas 8-6
- Treires & Speicher (MU) def Day & Holjanski 8-2
- Swantko & Ben (MU) def Ensor & Ensor 8-3
