West Liberty , WV -- West Virginia Wesleyan men opened their Mountain East title defense with a 7-0 win over West Liberty University here Wednesday afternoon.

The Bobcats, 5-5 overall and 1-0 MEC, won their second road match in a many days by claiming the doubles point and sweeping through the singles. 

The 'Cats dropped only one set in singles on the day, but the doubles was a different story. After the Bobcats' HArry Simaioforidis and Maycon Dias served out a 6-4 win at #1, The Hilltoppers stormed back from 2-5 to win the #3 match in a tie-breaker to even the point. The Bobcats needed a comeback, tie-breaker win of their own at #2 doubles from Lukas Laipold and Christos Kyrillou to seal the point and give them the early lead.

Wesleyan will now travel to UVA Wise Saturday for their next match, also a conference foe. Match time is 330pm in Wise at the college facility.
Box Score: WVWC 7, WLU 0
S1: Lukas Laipold def. Camilo Moncayo 6-1, 6-0
S2: Maycon Santos Dias def. Joris Gravoulet 6-0, 6-2
S3: Alex Lyudinovskiy def. Anton Schulz 6-4, 4-6, 1-0(4)
S4: Charalampos Simaioforidis def. Mauk Smit 7-5, 6-3
S5: Christos Kyrillou def. Akira Kawabata 7-5, 6-2
S6: Thomas McIntosh def. Nash Morris 6-2, 6-3
D1: Charalampos Simaioforidis / Maycon Santos Dias def. Joris Gravoulet / Camilo Moncayo 6-4
D2: Lukas Laipold / Christos Kyrillou def. Mauk Smit / Anton Schulz 7-6(5)
D3: Akira Kawabata / Nash Morris def. Thomas McIntosh / Mario Borovcanin 7-6(4)