WHEELING, W.Va. – The West Liberty University men's tennis team continued its strong early-season play here Saturday afternoon with a 7-0 shutout of Frostburg State at Wheeling Park.
    Coach Ronnie Hulewicz's Hilltoppers (5-0, 1-0) had no trouble remaining unbeaten as they breezed past the Bobcats (2-2, 1-0) in the mutual Mountain East Conference opener.
    The Black and Gold took all three doubles matches to earn the doubles point. Nevio Dux and Isfan Makhumudov posted a 6-2 win at No. 1 singles with the pairing of Moritz Erpel and Gianluca Gerndt taking the No. 2 doubles match at love and love. Daisuke Aota and Derek Roehner were 6-3 winners at No. 3 doubles.
    West Liberty didn't lose a set in singles play. Aota gave up only one point in a second-set tiebreaker to finish off his straight-set win. Makhumudov and Dux posted 6-0 6-0 wins at Nos. 3 and 5 singles, respectively, while Erpel and Gerndt each picked up their second wins of the day. Zarion Jones wrapped things up with a 6-2 6-4 victory at No. 6 singles.
    The Hilltoppers hit the road on Friday for a 3 p.m. match at West Virginia State.
  Erpel (WLU) d. Grear, 6-1 6-3
Aota (WLU) d. Johnson, 6-3 7-6(1)
Makhumudov (WLU) d. Biedle, 6-0 6-0
Gerndt (WLU) d. Carden, 6-2 6-1
Dux (WLU) d. Hordubay, 6-0 6-0
Jones (WLU) d. Bolen, 6-2 6-4 Dux/Makhumudov (WLU) d. Grear/Johnson, 6-2
Gerndt/Erpel (WLU) d. Bolen/Carden, 6-0
Aota/Roehner (WLU) d. Biedle/Best, 6-3