Men's Tennis | 4/12/2017 7:22:00 AM

ELKINS, W.Va. – The West Liberty University men's tennis team rolled to its eighth straight win here Tuesday afternoon, knocking off Davis & Elkins, 7-2, in non-conference action at the Thomas Tennis Center.
Coach Sam McCullough's surging Hilltoppers (11-4), No. 2 in the latest set of NCAA Division II Atlantic Region rankings, got off to a fast start by sweeping all three doubles matches. The Black and Gold then closed up shop by taking four of the six singles matches as the Senators (8-8) saw their own five-match winning streak go by the boards.
Baptiste Perrin and Santiago Gutierrez claimed an 8-5 win at No. 1 doubles with Matt Tully and Luke Flanagan cruising to an 8-2 blowout in their No. 2 doubles match. Pablo Cimorra and Camilo Moncayo had to go to a tiebreaker in their No. 3 doubles match with D&E's Clifton Spitsnaugle and Jack Clifton but the WLU duo dominated the tiebreaker by a 10-3 count to complete the doubles sweep.
Perrin, Tully and Cimorra posted straight-set wins in singles play to clinch the victory with Flanagan coming from behind for a three-set win at No. 5 singles.
The Hilltoppers return to action on Thursday with an afternoon match at West Virginia Wesleyan.
MEN'S TENNIS
West Liberty 7, Davis & Elkins 2
Singles
Baptiste Perrin (WL) d. Ivan Bonderanko 6-0, 6-1
Tare Mariga (D&E) d. Santiago Gutierrez 4-6, 7-5, 10-7
Matt Tully (WL) d. Jack Clifton 6-3, 7-6 (5)
Matthew Alexander (D&E) d. Camilo Moncayo 4-6, 6-1, 6-4
Luke Flanagan (WL) d, Samuel Vallieres 2-6, 6-4, 10-2
Pablo Cimorra (WL) d. Tristram Spitsnaugle 6-2, 6-0
Doubles
Perrin/Gutierrez (WL) d. Bonderanko/Mariga 8-5
Tully/Flanagan (WL) d. Alexander/Vallieres 8-2
Cimorra/Moncayo (WL) d. Clifton/Spitsnaugle 9-8 (3)