ST. DAVIDS, Pa.- Eastern University Men's Tennis picked up an important result in the Freedom Conference with a convincing 8-1 home win over Misericordia University this afternoon. The victory moves the Eagles (8-4, 2-1 Freedom) closer to a spot in the league post-season tournament.

Michael Roth and Bryan Arnett again set the pace at the top of the order.  The two earned a hard-fought 8-5 win at first doubles before Arnett Cruised to a 6-1, 6-1 victory at second singles and Roth ground out an impressive 6-3, 6-3 win over a tough opponent at the top spot.

"Michael was very impressive today, Head Coach Mark Spangler remarked, "He controlled points from the baseline and he had to battle a very strong opponent to pick up the win. This was a good conference win for us."

Dan WIison and Tyler Hoagland rebounded from a tough loss at second doubles to claim their respective singles matches. Wilson won 6-3, 6-4 in his match and Hoagland ground out a 7-5, 6-4 win at #4. Jonny Shenk and Ryan Dykstra also claimed double wins for the Eagles.

Eastern hosts Messiah College on Wednesday and Wesley college on Thursday before returning to league action at Wilkes on Saturday.