ST. DAVIDS, Pa. - Eastern Men's Tennis edged out visiting FDU-Florham 5-4 on Monday afternoon. The Eagles claimed a dramatic victory in the first doubles match, which helped Eastern earn the victory. 

Grant Williams and Kyle Berner fought hard in the first doubles match and pulled out and exciting 9-8, 7-4 victory. "Both players served well throughout the match," said Head Coach Mark Spangler. "After missing some opportunities early in the match, they started to get going and began taking advantage of the opportunities to put the match away."

With FDU-Florham claiming two of the first three singles matches Eastern needed the bottom of the order to swing the momentum back in its favor. 

Vusiszwe Ntonga did just that winning the fifth singles match in straight sets 6-1, 6-2. Ryan Ellison rolled to a win in the sixth singles match in straight sets as well 6-0, 6-1. "These were two big wins for us," stated Spangler. "We needed victories in the singles matches, and these guys came through for us." 

"That first doubles match was the match of the day," concluded Spangler. "That proved to be the victory that won the match for us because without it we are in a different situation heading into the singles matches. We will need that type of mental toughness as we move forward." 

Eastern travels to Lancaster Bible on April 12th for a 2:15 pm match. 

Final Results