Box Score The West Virginia Wesleyan men's tennis team hosted non-conference opponent Salem Tuesday afternoon (March 16). The men showed improvement from the first match, but eventually dropped the decision, 5-2
 
In men's doubles, No.1 Taylor Papworth and Harry Simaioforidis took down the Salem opposition in an impressive fashion, 6-2.
 
The doubles point came down to a fight to the finish after doubles No. 3 Anthony McIntosh and Haruki Iizuka dropped their match. The No. 2 pairing of Camillo Salvi and Nadal Ferrer battled through five tiebreak points, but eventually dropped the match 7-6 to the Tigers.
 
In singles No. 4, Camillo Salvi bounced back and overwhelmed  Salem's Zachary Laplante winning in straight sets finishing at 6-2 in both.
 
His doubles partner Nadal Ferrer showed poise at No. 5 by finishing Victor Lopez, 6-2 and 6-3 to provide Wesleyan with its second point of the contest.
 
At singles No.1, Harry Simaioforidis battled back in his second set after dropping the first 6-3 to take the second set 6-2. Simaioforidis eventually dropped the third set by a 6-0 decision.
 
Up next for WVWC men's tennis is a match against Bluefield State at 1 p.m. on Saturday (March 20) in Bluefield, W.Va.