Men's Tennis | 9/14/2013 7:42:00 PM

LYNCHBURG, Va.  -- The Methodist men's tennis team won its match, 8-1, over Southern Virginia on Saturday in an event held at E. C. Glass High School.

MU (2-0) swept all three doubles matches, and only dropped only one match in singles play. The Monarchs' Max Mancini outlasted the Knights' (0-1) Pradeep Ravisankar, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3, to capture the No. 1 singles match while Methodist breezed through singles matches No. 3 through 6.

The Monarchs will return to the courts on Friday at the ITA Regional Championships held in Sewanee, Tenn.

Singles Competition
1. Max Mancini (MU) def. Pradeep Ravisankar (SVA) 6-3, 4-6, 6-3
2. Dallin Evans (SVA) def. Seth Grant (MU) 6-2, 6-3
3. Asa Britt (MU) def. Cooper Brown (SVA) 6-2, 6-2
4. Jon Kepcke (MU) def. Brian Blocher (SVA) 6-4, 6-1
5. Michael Jones (MU) def. Zac Bowers (SVA) 6-3, 6-4
6. Jacob Groce (MU) def. Brennan Alford (SVA) 6-1, 6-1

Doubles Competition
1. Asa Britt/Max Mancini (MU) def. Dallin Evans/Pradeep Ravisankar (SVA) 8-5
2. Seth Grant/Michael Jones (MU) def. Brian Blocher/Zac Bowers (SVA) 8-3
3. David Hopkins/Jon Kepcke (MU) def. Brennan Alford/Cooper Brown (SVA) 8-5