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Men's Tennis

Men's Tennis Sails to 9-0 Victory

Box Score RADNOR, Pa. - Eastern Men's Tennis defeated Cabrini College 9-0 on Tuesday afternoon. The Eagles cruised to victories in both singles and doubles to secure the victory. 

"It was a good day for us," said Head Coach Mark Spangler

Grant William and Kyle Berner started off the afternoon with an 8-3 victory in the first doubles match. "Both Kyle and Grant served well to beat a strong doubles team from Cabrini," continued Spangler. 

In the second doubles match, Mitchell Weaver and Jackson Wetherbee battled to an exciting 9-7 win over Mike Halbherr and Tyler Bond. Vusisizwe Ntonga and Ryan Ellison extended the Eagles lead to 3-0 when they cruised to an 8-0 win in the third doubles match. 

Five Eastern players claimed their singles match in straight sets. Williams claimed the first singles match with a 6-2, 6-0 win. Berner fought in the second singles match finally claiming it in three sets 6-4, 3-6, and 10-4 in the decisive third set. 

After Ntonga had won the first set of the fifth singles match 6-0, he ground out a tough 7-6 victory in the second set to secure the win. 

"We are expecting a tough Hood team to come in on Thursday and a tough conference match on Saturday," concluded Spangler. "This win should give us some confidence in these upcoming matches." 

Eastern hosts Hood on Thursday at 3 pm. 

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Players Mentioned

Mitchell Weaver

Mitchell Weaver

Junior
Kyle Berner

Kyle Berner

Junior
Jackson Wetherbee

Jackson Wetherbee

First Year
Ryan Ellison

Ryan Ellison

Senior
Vusisizwe Ntonga

Vusisizwe Ntonga

Senior

Players Mentioned

Mitchell Weaver

Mitchell Weaver

Junior
Kyle Berner

Kyle Berner

Junior
Jackson Wetherbee

Jackson Wetherbee

First Year
Ryan Ellison

Ryan Ellison

Senior
Vusisizwe Ntonga

Vusisizwe Ntonga

Senior