WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y. - The Daemen College men's tennis team officially opened the spring portion of its 2015-16 schedule this afternoon by blanking visiting Elmira College, 9-0, at Miller Tennis Center.

The match marked Daemen's first since closing the abbreviated fall season with a 9-0 shutout of Houghton College back on October 14, and the win today evens the Wildcats' overall record at 2-2.  Elmira, a NCAA Division III affiliate and member of the Empire 8 Conference fell to 0-2 after competing in their first dual match since a 7-2 loss at Oswego State on September 23.

Daemen opened the match today by sweeping through doubles competition and dropping just four total sets in the process.  Seniors Joey Gentile (East Amherst, N.Y./Niagara University) and Gregory Lowe (East Aurora, N.Y./East Aurora) formed a veteran pairing in the No. 1 doubles slot, and their 8-1 defeat of EC's Satchal Waters and Austin Mansell set the tone for the match.

Junior John LeMar (North Tonawanda, N.Y./North Tonawanda) and sophomore Mark Veitengruber (Rockford, Mich./Rockford) downed EC's Patrick Tracey and Chris Konow, 8-2, in the No. 2 doubles slot, and junior Adam Kerr (Penfield, N.Y./McQuaid Jesuit) teamed with redshirt-freshman Andrew LeMar (North Tonawanda, N.Y./North Tonawanda) to score an 8-1 win in the No. 3 doubles position over EC's Yu Ikeda and Yaniv Kogan.

Veitengruber, Lowe, Kerr and the LeMar brothers all picked up singles victories to give themselves two-point afternoons to seal the victory.  Lowe was tested in the No. 3 post by Mansell, but edged him 7-6, 6-3.  John LeMar was the lone Wildcat to win in three sets, besting Tracey 7-6, 5-7, 1-0.

The Wildcats also picked up a singles victory in the No. 6 position from junior John Wilson (Seneca Falls, N.Y./Mynderse) to complete the whitewash.  Wilson won 6-4, 6-0 over Kogan.

Next up for the Wildcats is a road trip to The Wolverine State next weekend to face Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference members Hillsdale College (Saturday, Feb. 13) and Grand Valley State University (Sunday, Feb. 14).