The Ursinus College men's tennis team had a very successful day on Saturday as the Bears went 2-0 in two matches during a Central Pennsylvania swing.

To start, the Bears defeated Messiah by a 9-0 score, then traveled to Lebanon Valley were they were victorious by a 6-3 score.

In the Messiah match, the team of freshman Evan Stuchin (Cape Coral, Fla./Canterbury School) and freshman Evan Lord (Collegeville, Pa./Methacton) defeated Andrew Wismer and Zach Brunner 8-3 at number one flight doubles, followed by a 8-1 win at number two flight doubles by freshman Matt Hope (Wyomissing, Pa./Wilson) and freshman Dylan Marsh (Lloyd Harbor, N.Y./Cold Spring Harbor) over Dave Wichert and Nate Shartzer.

At number three flight, sophomore Sean Kelley (Hershey, Pa./Hershey) and freshman Brent Stevenson (Coopersburg, Pa./Southern Lehigh) defeated Jon Nordstrom and Luke Sisson, 8-1.

In singles play, Stuchin defeated Wismer at number one flight, 6-0, 6-0, followed by a win from Hope at number two flight, 6-0, 6-1, over Brunner.

At number three flight, Lord defeated Wichert, 6-1, 6-2, with Marsh picking up a 6-4, 6-2 win over Shartzer at number four flight. At number five flight, sophomore Chris Wyshock (Montoursville, Pa./Loyalsock Township) defeated Nordstrom, 6-2, 6-2, with senior Kevin Dean (Vernon, N.J./Vernon Township) winning his match at number six flight over Sisson, 6-1, 5-7, 10-8.

Against Lebanon Valley, the Bears took two of three doubles matches to start the day. Stutchin and Hope defeated Ethan Gradsinski and Tom Necklemann, 8-2, with Stevenson and Kelley winning at number two flight over Ryan Weitzel and Joel Ramos, 8-3.

In singles play, Stutchin moved his fall record to 5-1 with a 6-2, 6-0 win over Gradsinski at number one flight, followed by a 6-1, 6-2 win from Hope at number two flight over Necklemann.

At number five flight, Stevenson defeated Andrew Wilson, 6-1, 6-2, before Wyshock defeated Ramos at number six flight, 6-1, 6-0.