FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. -- The Methodist men's tennis team split a pair of matches on Tuesday.

The Monarchs began the day with a 9-0 loss to UC-Riverside at home before traveling to William Peace and dropping the Pacers, 9-0, to finish the afternoon.

In the loss to the Highlanders, MU dropped all three doubles contests, but Wynn Johnson and Kayhahn Alikhani tallied two games for a 6-2 count.

RJ Clement battled to a third set with Pawel Jankowiak before falling 6-2, 5-7, 10-3, at the top singles flight. UC-Riverside swept the other five spots in straight sets.

In the victory against the Pacers, Jacob Oehser and Reid Rose defeated Dylan Betancourt and Patrick Ralph at the first slot, 9-8, before Coleman Baker and Trent Harner picked up an 8-1 win against Davis Felts and Daniel Carter at the second flight. Max Linder and David Hopkins closed out the doubles sweep with an 8-3 win against Andrew Anderson and Charlie West. 

Clement took a 6-2, 7-5 win at the top singles slot and Baker tallied a 6-1, 6-0 win at the second position. Harner dropped Felts 6-1, 6-0, while Hayden Wilfong defeated Daniel Carter, 6-3, 6-2. Joshua Deutsch moved past Anderson 6-1, 6-3 and Owen Findley finished out the sweep by dropping West, 6-3, 5-7, 7-4.

Methodist returns to action on Friday, March 30, at Greensboro.