HILTON HEAD, S.C. -- LeTourneau men's tennis took a pair of wins on Saturday in Hilton Head, sweeping Penn State Behrend, 7-0, and following up with a tight 4-3 win over Gordon.

The YellowJackets are now 4-4 on the season, while Penn State Behrend falls to 5-5 and Gordon moves to 2-2.

MATCH ONE - LeTourneau 7, Penn State Behrend 0

LeTourneau dispatched Penn State Behrend, 7-0, in their first match of the day, gaining all their victories without any tiebreaks. 

Zach Farris and Fernando Vazquez opened the doubles matchups with a dominant 6-0 win over Owen Sinnott and Jonathon Laier, and then the tandem of Diego Maldonado and Andrew Reiman handled Paul Flick and Vitaliy Pikalo, 6-2.

Grayson Cavel and Hayden Harry rounded out doubles with a 6-2 win against Aidan Piazza and Graham Louis. 

Farris defeated Laier at No. 1 singles, 6-2, 6-2, and Reiman added to the lead with a commanding 6-0, 6-1 win at No. 2 singles versus Sinnott. Vazquez would have a similarly dominant showing against Pikalo (6-1, 6-0), with Liam Wedge adding a 6-4, 6-2 result against Louis at No. 4 singles.

Maldonado (6-0, 6-2 vs. Flick) and Josiah Nellis (6-4, 6-3 vs. Souser) completed the singles matches with the final touches on the sweep.

MATCH TWO - LeTourneau 4, Gordon 3

The YellowJackets eked out a 4-3 win behind four singles wins over Gordon in match two of the Saturdy slate.

After the Scots took the doubles point to put LeTourneau down early, the players gathered and responded in singles play with four wins.

Zach Farris set the bar with his 6-3, 6-4 victory over Jeffrey Bodner, and Andrew Reiman followed with a 6-2, 6-4 win over Vittal Harith. Fernando Vazquez seemed to then give the YellowJackets the commanding advantage with his tight 6-4, 7-5 win against Joshua Noel.

However, Gordon had other plans, winning both the No. 4 (Lucas Barnes, 6-4, 7-6 over Liam Wedge) and No. 5 singles (Gabriel Guzman, 6-0, 6-3 over Diego Maldonado) sets to set up the pivotal final match between Timothy Black and Carleton Riester.

Black would gain the early advantage with his close 6-4 win in the first set, which seemed to take the rest of the life out of the opposition. Black would nail down the win with a 6-1 win in set two, proving his clutch gene once again.

In doubles, Farris and Vazquez were defeated, 6-3, by Bodner and Noel, Maldonaldo and Reiman beat Harith and Guzman, 6-3, and Black and Brayden Money lost 6-2 versus James Wellborn and Percy Martinez. 

UP NEXT

The YellowJackets continue their Hilton Head slate against Carroll tomorrow afternoon at 2 p.m.

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