KUTZTOWN, PA – The Mercyhurst Lakers had a convincing victory over the Golden Bears today, beating the home team 7-2 on this windy Saturday.
 
The Lakers won 2 out of their 3 doubles matches, taking a 2-1 lead going into singles action. Continuing to win 5 of 6 singles matches, the team finished the day with a 7-2 victory.
 
Action started with doubles, in which Nenad Terzic and Cormac McCooey were the first to finish, sweeping Perez and Munoz 8-0. Connor McCooey and Joaquin Aguilera claimed victory as well with a score of 8-4. Arseniy Sklyarov and Sebastian Pardo lost the sole doubles point to Kodinov and Nogara 8-6, losing to the same team they had beaten in the PSAC tournament back in the fall of 2016.
 
Singles went smoothly for the Lakers with only one loss coming from Aguilera in a close 1-6, 6-1, 6-4 battle against Munoz. Terzic was first to finish and claimed the 6-1, 6-1 win over Kodinov, he was followed by his doubles partner Cormac McCooey who won 6-2, 6-4 over Perez. Sklyarov won 6-3, 6-2 to clinch the match and push the Lakers past the Golden Bears at 5-1.
 
Dusan Cerny won his first singles match of the season, with a confident 6-4, 6-3 over the #6 Kelly of Kutztown. Last win of the day came off the racket of Conor McCooey, consolidating the 7-2 finish with a straight sets 6-1, 6-3 victory against Souza.
 
The men's team now drives down to play Bloomsburg University on Sunday.
 
Doubles

1. Nenad Terzic/Cormac McCooey (MER-M) def. Joan Oliver Perez/Martin Munoz (KUTZ-M) 8-0

2. Nikolay Kodinov/Gabriel Nogara Souza (KUTZ-M) def. Sebastian Pardo/Arseniy Sklyarov (MER-M) 8-6

3. Joaquin Aguilera/Conor McCooey (MER-M) def. Josh Carl/Benjamin Kelly (KUTZ-M) 8-4

 
Singles

1. Nenad Terzic (MER-M) def. Nikolay Kodinov (KUTZ-M) 6-1, 6-1

2. Cormac McCooey (MER-M) def. Joan Oliver Perez (KUTZ-M) 6-2, 6-4

3. Martin Munoz (KUTZ-M) def. Joaquin Aguilera (MER-M) 1-6, 6-1, 6-4

4. Conor McCooey (MER-M) def. Gabriel Nogara Souza (KUTZ-M) 6-1, 6-3

5. Arseniy Sklyarov (MER-M) def. Josh Carl (KUTZ-M) 6-3, 6-2

6. Dusan Cerny (MER-M) def. Benjamin Kelly (KUTZ-M) 6-4, 6-3