Box Score ERIE, Pa. – The West Chester University men's tennis team suffered its sixth straight loss on Saturday afternoon, as the Golden Rams took a 7-0 defeat on the road against nationally-ranked Mercyhurst at the Westwood Racquet Club in Erie.
WCU's loss on Saturday to kick off Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) play drops the Golden Rams to 0-6 during the spring season and the sweep is the seventh straight for West Chester dating back to a 7-0 loss against Chestnut Hill back in October. Mercyhurst, the No. 29 ranked team in the country according to yesterday's Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) rankings, have now won three matches in a row and the squad will take a 9-2 overall record into their meeting with Millersville tomorrow afternoon.
RESULTS
Doubles
#1: Cormac McCooey/Unai Amilleta Gonzalez def.
Chris Succi (YARDLEY, PA/PENNSBURG)/
Noah DeCampo (LITTLESTOWN, PA/LITTLESTOWN), 6-1
#2: Arseniy Skylarov/Ruairidh Fraser def.
Adam Courtemanche (GREENVILLE, RI/SMITHFIELD)/
Devin Paulison (MILFORD, PA/DELAWARE VALLEY), 6-1
#3: Sebastian Pardo/Felix Schmedding def.
Gavin Kenny (HANOVER, PA/SOUTH WESTERN)/Brett Spano, 6-2
Singles
#1: McCooey def. Succi - 6-0, 6-2
#2: Fraser def. Paulison - 6-0, 6-0
#3: Gonzalez def.
Courtemanche - 6-0, 6-0
#4: Pardo def. Kenny - 6-1, 6-0
#5: Skylarov def. Spano - 6-2, 6-0
#6: Yaron def. DeCampo - 6-1, 6-0
UP NEXT
The Golden Rams continue their PSAC western division swing tomorrow, March 24, as the team travels to Edinboro to square off against the Fighting Scots at 11:00 a.m.
