EMMITSBURG, Md. – The Saint Francis men's tennis team earned a 7-0 win against Mount St. Mary's on Sunday to begin NEC play.  The Red Flash won the doubles point and swept the singles action.  SFU improved to 9-6 on the season, while Mount St. Mary's dropped to 8-8.
 
At the No. 2 doubles spot, junior Rodrigo Tico (Guadalajara, Mexico/Colegio de Bachilleres) and freshman Robin van der Heijden (Burgh Haamstede, Netherlands/Scheldmond College) competed against Louis Tonon and Brandon Wortkotter.  The Red Flash duo earned a 6-4 victory to clinch the doubles point.
 
Junior Plamen Avuski (Plovdiv, Bulgaria /Math High School ) and freshman Jan Vit Suntar (Cerklje na Gorenjskem, Slovenia/Gimnazija Kranj) paired up at No. 3 against the Mount's Peter Landis and Darren Mast.  The SFU pair picked up a 6-3 win to improve to 12-3 on the year.
 
Sophomore Alec Dylan Foo-Kune (Phoenix, Mauritius/International Connections Academy (Md.)) and senior Washi Gervais (Longueuil, Quebec/College Stanislas) matched up at the top doubles spot against Austin Blake and Mateo DeSomocurcio.  However, Foo-Kune and Gervais dropped a 6-4 decision.
 
At the top singles spot, Gervais battled Blake.  The SFU senior fell 6-3 in the first set, but responded with a 7-6 win in a tight set, including a 7-4 tiebreaker.  In the deciding super-tiebreaker set, Gervais came out on top, 10-5.  He is now 11-4 on the season.
 
In the matchup at No. 2, Foo-Kune took on DeSomocurcio.  The Red Flash sophomore claimed the first set, 6-2.  In a tight second set, he won 7-5 to clinch the straight-set victory.  Foo-Kune improved to 8-7 this spring.
 
Tico lined up at No. 3 against Mount St. Mary's Tonon.  The Saint Francis junior took the first set, 7-5, but Tonon won the next set, 6-1.  In the final set, a super-tiebreaker set, Tico battled for an 11-9 win for his fourth singles win of the spring.
 
At No. 4, Suntar competed against Mast.  The SFU rookie won the first set, 6-4.  He clinched a sweep by repeating his performance in the second set, winning 6-4.  Suntar also improved to 8-7 in dual matches.
 
Avuski matched up at the fifth singles position against the Mount's Wortkotter.  The Red Flash junior claimed the opening set, 6-3.  He earned a straight-set victory with a 6-2 second set to move to 9-4 on the year.
 
At the sixth singles spot, van der Heijden faced MSM's Landis.  The Red Flash freshman took the first set, 6-1.  In a tight second set, van der Heijden won 7-5 to clinch a two-set victory.  He picked up his fifth win of the spring.
 
The Red Flash returns to non-conference play next weekend.  SFU travels to Wright State for a 3 p.m. match on Friday and visits Dayton for a 1 p.m. match on Saturday.
 
Doubles:
1. Blake/DeSomocurcio(MSM) def. Foo-Kune/Gervais(SFU), 6-4.
2. Tico/van der Heijden(SFU) def. Tonon/Wortkotter(MSM), 6-4.
3. Avuski/Suntar(SFU) def. Landis/Mast(MSM), 6-3
Order of Finish: 3,1,2
 
Singles:
1. Gervais(SFU) def. Blake(MSM), 3-6, 7-6(4), 1-0(5).
2. Foo-Kune(SFU) def. DeSomocurcio(MSM), 6-2, 7-5.
3. Tico(SFU) def. Tonon(MSM), 7-5, 1-6, 1-0(9).
4. Suntar(SFU) def. Mast(MSM), 6-4, 6-4.
5. Avuski(SFU) def. Wortkotter(MSM), 6-3, 6-2.
6. van der Heijden(SFU) def. Landis(MSM), 6-1, 7-5.
Order of Finish: 5,4,2,6,3,1