HILTON HEAD, S.C. – The West Liberty University men's tennis team came out on the short end of an 8-1 count here Wednesday in its morning match with Limestone (N.C.) at the Hilton Head (S.C.) Invitational.

Coach Sam McCullough's Hilltoppers trailed just 2-1 after the doubles matches as Vinnie Guarda and Guilherme Lima gutted out a 9-8 win at No. 2 doubles but the North Carolina team dominated singles play, sweeping all six matches in straight sets.

West Liberty, which was rained out of a scheduled Tuesday match with Chowan (N.C.), will try to turn things around on Thursday with an 8 a.m. match against Tiffin (Ohio).

MEN'S TENNIS

Limestone (N.C.) 8, West Liberty 1

Singles

Carlos Yanes (LC) d. Ivan Irazabal, 6-1 6-4

Rafael Ferla (LC) d. Raphael Machado, 6-1 6-4

Lucas Guinski (LC) d. Guilherme Lima, 6-2 6-4

Antoine LeDore (LC) d. Darren Liebenberg, 6-0 6-3

Benji Lascari-Diaz (LC) d. Alex Hayden, 6-1 6-0

Daniel Lopez (LC) d. Stefan Riggs, 6-1 6-1

Doubles

Yanes/Ferda (LC) d. Irazabal/Machado, 8-0

Guarda/Lima (WLU) d. LeDore/Lopez, 9-8

Guinski/Lascari-Diaz (LC) d. Liebenberg/Hayden, 8-0