ST. LOUIS, Mo. – The Webster University men's tennis team was back in action today when they played host to Kaskaskia (Ill.) College for a nonconference matchup. The Gorloks defeated Kaskaskia by a final score of 9-0 to improve to 8-9 on the season.

Webster got off to a great start in this one as they swept all three doubles matches. Alex Pinkston and Matthew Birchmeier won #1 doubles as they defeated Tejas Zala and Pierce Farmer by a final score of 8-3. Carson Fisher and Britton Struewing won #2 doubles as they defeated Ethan Dobbs and Brock Milburn by a final score of 8-0. Aaron Demarco and Andrew McDonald completed the sweep as they won #3 doubles over Dima Powell and Brendan Phillips by a final score of 8-1.

The Gorloks carried over their momentum into singles as they swept all six matches. Alex Pinkston won #1 singles over Tejas Zala by final scores of 6-0 and 6-0. Nicholas Granada won #2 singles over Pierce Farmer by final scores of 6-1 and 6-0. Aaron Demarco won #3 singles over Brendan Phillips by final scores of 6-2 and 6-2. Robert McDaniel captured the win in #4 singles as he defeated Brock Milburn by final scores of 6-1 and 6-1. Alex Magrath won #5 singles as he defeated Ethan Dobbs by final scores of 3-6, 6-3 and 10-7. Lastly, Jack Forlenza won #6 singles over Reed Dearing by final scores of 6-1 and 6-3.

The Gorloks will return to the court on Thursday, March 30^th when they host Lewis and Clark Community College for a nonconference matchup. The match will take place at 6:30 p.m. at Webster Groves Recreational Complex.