ORLANDO, Fla. – The Salisbury University men's tennis team notched an 8-1 win on Monday over the Oglethorpe Stormy Petrels to even its Florida record and improve to 5-3 on the season.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Salisbury won two out of the three doubles matches to begin the day. Jhayden Pappas and Russell Willenborg cruised to an 8-4 win in second doubles over Daniel Cohen and Jefferson Page.
• Aron Bursztyn and Jacob Berg battled to an 8-7(1) victory in third doubles over Tony Molinet and Cameron Burkes.
• The Sea Gulls swept through the Stormy Petrels in singles action.
• Gianluca Beaujon rolled to a 6-1, 6-2 win in No. 1 singles over Kirkman Kiker.
• Willenborg, Bursztyn and Gavin Reagle all picked up two-set sweeps in their respective singles matches.
• Pappas and Christopher Catan recorded 6-0 wins in the first set of their singles matches but dropped the second set 6-4 to force a third-set tiebreaker. Pappas recorded the match win in No. 2 singles with a 10-6 victory in the third set while Catan dominated the third set with a 10-1 win in No. 5 singles.

UP NEXT

• After a day off to enjoy the Florida sun, the Sea Gulls close out the trip on Wednesday, March 22 with a pair of matches against Huntingdon and Hobart.
• The day begins with Huntingdon at 7:30 a.m. before wrapping up the Spring Break slate with Hobart at 2:30 p.m.

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Salisbury University is a proud member of NCAA Division III with primary membership in the Coast-to-Coast Athletic Conference, along with the New Jersey Athletic Conference for football, Coastal Lacrosse Conference for men's lacrosse and the Metropolitan Swimming and Diving Conference for men's and women's swimming. With over 500 student-athletes in 21 varsity sports, SU is recognized as one of the most competitive intercollegiate athletics programs regardless of division, and dedicated coaches and staff that foster excellence on-and-off the field. The Sea Gulls have celebrated 22 team national championships, 24 individual national champions, 188 conference championships and 43 Academic All-Americans.

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