Men's Tennis | 4/11/2018 9:42:00 AM

    WEST LIBERTY, W.Va. – The West Liberty University men's tennis team pulled out a 5-4 non-conference win against Davis & Elkins here Tuesday in a see-saw affair at the Edgar Martin Tennis Complex.
    Coach Sam McCullough's Hilltoppers (7-7) grabbed an early advantage with wins at No. 1 and No. 3 doubles to take a 2-1 lead into singles play.
    The visiting Senators (2-14) found themselves with their backs to the wall after West Liberty's Matt Lynch and Hayden Blazer rolled to straight-set wins without losing a single game in their matches at No. 4 and No. 5 singles, respectively, but stayed alive with a win at No. 1 singles.
    Davis & Elkins eventually forged a 4-4 tie by taking straight-set decisions at No. 2 and No. 6 singles so all eyes turned to the No. 3 singles match between WLU's Vincent Huynh and D&E's Andrew Shand.
    Huynh, a freshman from Paris, France, carried the Black and Gold into the winner's circle by fighting his way to a 6-4 6-4 victory to close out the match.
    The Hilltoppers return to Mountain East Conference action on Wednesday when they travel to Fairmont for a 4 p.m. match against Concord.
  Matt Mulyadi (D&E) d. Daniel Nogareda, 6-2 2-0 (ret.)
Alejandro Meseguer (D&E) d. Nick Liddy, 6-2 6-2
Vincent Huynh (WLU) d. Andrew Shand, 6-4 6-4
Matt Lynch (WLU) d. Tristram Spitsnaugle, 6-0 6-0
Hayden Blazer (WLU) d. Jacob Bowman, 6-0 6-0
Mason Schoonover (D&E) d. Zach Kirkwood, 6-4 6-3 Nogareda/Liddy (WLU) d. Mulyadi/Meseguer, 8-3
Shand/Spitzsnaugle (D&E) d. Huynh/Luke Flanagan, 8-3
Lynch/Kirkwood (WLU) d. Bowman/Schoonover, 8-3