HILTON HEAD, S.C. – The Webster University men's tennis team was back in action this morning when they kicked off their spring break trip with a matchup against Western Connecticut State University. The Gorloks swept the Wolves by a final score of 9-0 to improve to 4-8 on the season. With the loss, the Wolves drop to 0-1 on the year.

Webster got off to a great start in the match as they took all three matches in doubles. Alex Pinkston and Matthew Birchmeier won #1 doubles as they defeated Kevin Tenesaca and Sebastian Frisch by a final score of 8-3. Britton Struewing and Carson Fisher won #2 doubles as they defeated Jay Kilcourse and Jerry Narcisse by a final score of 8-4. Lastly, Alex Magrath and Nicholas Granada won #3 doubles over Caleb Harris and Nicholas Peschier by a final score of 8-1.

The Gorloks carried over their momentum in singles as they won all six matches to solidify the sweep. Alex Pinkston got things going in #1 singles as he defeated Kevin Tenesaca by back-to-back scores of 6-0. Carson Fisher won #2 singles over Sebastian Frisch by final scores of 6-2 and 6-1. Nicholas Granada defeated Jay Kilcourse in #3 singles by final scores of 6-2 and 6-1. Matthew Birchmeier and Britton Struewing both swept their matches as Birchmeier defeated Jerry Narcisse in #4 singles and Struewing won #5 singles over Caleb Harris both by final scores of 6-0 and 6-0. Joseph West completed the sweep for Webster as he defeated Nicholas Peschier by final scores of 6-1 and 6-2.

The Gorloks will return to the court tomorrow, March 13^th when they take on Ramapo (N.J.) College in Hilton Head, South Carolina. The match is set to start at 10 a.m. EST time at Hilton Head Resort.