Erie, Pa. - Mercyhurst men's and women's tennis has just one more week left in their regular season, finishing things out this week. The men compete in just one match with the team set to see Charleston on Sunday, April 28th, inside the Westwood Racquet Center at 1:00 p.m. with the women joining them for that competition. Before that, the women will host Clarion on Wednesday, April 24th, with the team's senior day ceremony set to take place prior to the match before going to California, Pa. to see the Vulcans at noon on the 27th.

A Look Back

The men come off a week in which they played two matches, winning both. They ended up seeing Kutztown to kick off the weekend on Saturday, April 20th, in a contest that the Lakers won 6-1. They then made the trip to Bloomsburg to see the Huskies, winning 5-2, thanks to a strong effort in singles play. The women competed in three matches, going 2-1. They started off the week with a loss at the hands of Slippery Rock on the 16th, 6-1, before rebounding during the weekend with sweeps against both the Golden Bears and Bloomsburg.

Davis' Big Week

Ben Davis was a consistent power in the Laker's lineup this past weekend as he has been all season and for that, he was named the PSAC Athlete of the Week. He and Lukas Cabue Valverde played together as Mercyhurst's number two tandem on Saturday, April 20th, in their first match of the week with the duo coming away with a 6-2. He the continued his strong day with him coming way with a victory in singles in straight sets. The Rochester, N.Y. native dominated in his first set, 6-1, before using the momentum to help him to a 6-3 win in the second. 

Davis and Cabue Valverde got back on the courts on Sunday for the finale of their weekend road trip against Bloomsburg in the team's 5-2 with the duo grabbing a 6-4 victory at the number two spot. Davis then had his best performance of the week and one of the better ones of his season in singles play as the number three with a flawless 6-0, 6-0 win to help his team claim another win.

Scouting Clarion

The Golden Eagles are 1-10 to this point in the season with a record of 0-4 in the PSAC West. The team has struggled here of late with nine straight losses and now look to avoid a 10th against the Lakers. Many of their contests have resulted in sweeps as they have gotten the broom on seven occasions with them getting swept in each of their last four matches. Their lone win on the year came back in the fall when they competed against Shippensburg, coming away with a close 4-3 win in the middle of September. 

Scouting the Vulcans

California holds a record of 9-10 as of now with contests with both Edinboro and Slippery Rock on the docket before seeing the Lakers in their regular season finale, seeing the Fighting Scots on the 23rd and SRU the following day. The Vulcans have played well here of late with the team winning each of their last three matches and four of their last five including a pair of sweeps in that time. 

Scouting Charleston

Charleston's men's team has had a strong season to this point, being ranked 17th per the ITA, with a record of 15-2 with 10 of those wins coming in a row while sitting atop the MEC with a record of 5-0. In that 10-win stretch, four of those victories have come by way of sweeps with their most recent coming against Frostburg State on the 16th of April. The women have been just as strong as their Golden Eagle counterparts with a 15-4 mark on the year, going 5-0 in conference with a win in each of their last 10 matchups. With the home portion of their season schedule done, they finished undefeated on their own courts, going 7-0 while being 7-2 on the road with a 4-1 loss to Rollins coming on the heels of a 4-0 defeat at the hands of Flagler in early March.