VIENNA, Ohio -- The three-time defending Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) champion Allegheny College men's tennis team opened its conference schedule Friday with a 7-0 shutout over Waynesburg University on the indoor courts at Avalon at Squaw Creek.

The Gators (8-7, 1-0 PAC) earned their third consecutive victory with an impressive performance against the Yellow Jackets. Allegheny, which lost no more than two games in any of the nine matches played, outscored Waynesburg 18-4 in doubles action and 72-7 in singles.

The team's top duo, sophomores Levente Mihaly (Békéscsaba, Hungary/Békéscsabai SZC Széchenyi István) and Olivier Erkens (Gouda, Netherlands/Coornhert Gymnasium), blanked Ethan Clawson and Thomas Torcaso. In singles, junior Javier Bejarano Jimenez (El Puerto de Santa Maria, Spain/IES Padre Luis Coloma) and freshman Zidaan Hassan (Monroeville, Pa./Gateway) defeated their opponents, 6-0, 6-0, in the third and fifth matches.

Rounding out Allegheny's lineup was senior Mitchell Curtis (Aurora, Ohio/Aurora), who appeared in his first matches since the Blue and Gold Invite with Case Western Reserve University on September 20. Curtis was a double winner on Friday, highlighted by a 6-1, 6-0 decision over Torcaso in the No. 6 singles bout.

Doubles Results
1. Levente Mihaly / Olivier Erkens def. Ethan Clawson / Thomas Torcaso, 6-0
2. Adam Memije / Benedek Kaibas def. Sam Norris / Michael Pohuski, 6-2
3. Paxton Garland-Sutter / Reid Stasolla def. Noah Biser / Zachary Johnson, 6-2

Singles Results
1. Adam Memije def. Ethan Clawson, 6-0, 6-2
2. Levente Mihaly def. Noah Biser, 6-2, 6-0
3. Javier Bejarano Jimenez def. Sam Norris, 6-0, 6-0
4. Olivier Erkens def. Michael Pohuski, 6-0, 6-1
5. Zidaan Hassan def. Tyler Gordon, 6-0, 6-0
6. Mitchell Curtis def. Thomas Torcaso, 6-1, 6-0

Up Next
The Gators will travel to Saint Vincent College in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, for a PAC showdown on Sunday, March 29, at noon.