Men's Tennis | 4/13/2018 10:30:00 PM

    WEST LIBERTY, W.Va. – The regionally-ranked West Virginia Wesleyan men's tennis team swept all six singles matches here Friday to hand West Liberty an 8-1 setback in a Mountain East Conference match at the Edgar Martin Tennis Complex.
    Coach Sam McCullough's Hilltoppers (8-8, 3-3) certainly made their presence felt during the opening doubles segment as the MEC-leading Bobcats (13-3, 6-0) barely escaped with a 2-1 lead.
    The visitors got an 8-4 win at No. 3 doubles but West Liberty's No. 2 tandem of Nick Liddy and Matt Lynch knocked off the visitors' No. 2 pairing of Ramon Rodriguez and Ferran Berga in a tiebreaker after a lengthy struggle.
    The No. 1 doubles match between WLU's Daniel Nogareda and Camilo Moncayo and Wesleyan's Maycon Diaz and Yonas Gebre also went to a tiebreaker with the Bobcats prevailing.
    The suspense didn't carry over into singles action as the Bobcats posted straight-set victories in all six matches to close out the win.
    The Hilltoppers will try to get back on track Saturday when they host West Virginia State in a 3 p.m. match at the Edgar Martin Tennis Complex.
  Maycon Diaz (WVW) d. Daniel Nogareda, 6-3 6-3
Lukas Laipold (WVW) d. Nick Liddy, 6-1 6-1
Ramon Rodriguez (WVW) d. Vincent Huynh, 6-4 7-6 (2)
Harry Simaioforidis (WVW) d. Matt Lynch, 6-1 6-3
Thomas McIntosh (WVW) d. Hayden Blazer, 6-3 6-2
Yonas Gebre (WVW) d. Zach Kirkwood, 6-0 6-0 Gebre/Diaz (WVW) d. Moncayo/Nogareda, 9-8 (3)
Liddy/Lynch (WVW) d. Rodriguez/Berga, 9-8 (5)
McIntosh/Laipold (WVW) d. Luke Flanagan/Huynh, 8-4