Men's Tennis | 3/9/2016 11:19:00 AM

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – The West Liberty University men's tennis team suffered its first loss of the spring here Saturday as No. 30-ranked Palm Beach Atlantic pulled out several close matches to hand the visiting Hilltoppers an 8-1 loss.
    The Sailfish took control early by sweeping all three doubles matches. West Liberty's nationally-ranked No. 1 doubles tandem of Andrew Ponder and Santiago Gutierrez battled to the wire and beyond only to fall in a hard-fought tiebreaker. The No. 2 doubles pairing of Baptiste Perrin and Martin Moncayo also came up just short in an 8-6 decision.
    The trend continued in singles play. Although Andrew Ponder continued his strong start to the season with a straight-set win at No. 3 singles, Palm Beach Atlantic won the other five matches. Two of the matches went to a third set but the Hilltoppers couldn't get over the hump.
 
MEN'S TENNIS
#30 Palm Beach Atlantic 8, #50 West Liberty 1
Singles
Uryson (PBA) d. Perrin, 6-1 6-4
Burmeister (PBA) d. Gutierrez, 4-6 6-0 6-3
Ponder (WLU) d. Adams, 6-3 6-3
Battistini (PBA) d. Moncayo, 6-4 6-4
Salmon (PBA) d. Tully, 6-3 6-4
Feofiliv (PBA) d. Cimorra, 6-0 4-6 6-2
Doubles
Uryson/Burmeister (PBA) d. Ponder/Guiterrez, 9-8 (7)
Adams/Battistini (PBA) d. Perrin/Moncayo, 8-6
Salmon/DaSilva (PBA) d. Tully/Cimorra, 8-1