MILLERSVILLE, Pa. - The Daemen College men's tennis team picked up its third shutout victory of the season today, blanking host Millersville University 9-0 in non-conference action at the McComsey Tennis Courts on the MU campus.

Daemen has now won three of its last four matches to sit at 5-16 overall this season.  The shutout win today was Daemen's first since recording back-to-back blankings of Division III opponents Houghton College and Elmira College in their final match of the fall season and their opening match of the spring season, respectively.  It was also the program's first-ever shutout of a Division II opponent.

Millersville, an affiliate of the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference, fell to 1-12 on the season with their 10th consecutive loss today.  Since going 13-7 in the 2010-11 season, the Marauders are just 11-59 over the last five seasons.

Daemen opened things up by sweeping through doubles play for the second time in the last four matches.  Sophomore Mark Veitengruber (Rockford, Mich./Rockford) and freshman Justin Milner (Ithaca, N.Y./Ithaca) constituted the top pairing in today's lineup submitted by third-year head coach Stephen Beatty.  The duo took down MU's Niko Mucci and Dylan Ryan 8-5.  Seniors Gregory Lowe (East Aurora, N.Y./East Aurora) and Joey Gentile (East Amherst, N.Y./Niagara University) earned their team-leading sixth win of the season as a pair, downing MU's Christian Boyer and Christian Akerely in a tight 9-7 match in second doubles. And, freshman David Gonzalez Villegas (Pereira, Colombia/Liceo Frances de Pereira) once again teamed with redshirt-freshman Andrew LeMar (North Tonawanda, N.Y./North Tonawanda) to blank the Marauders' Anthony Jadus and David Yunginger 8-0 in thid doubles.

Veitengruber, Gonzalez Villegas, LeMar, Milner and Lowe all picked wins in singles play, as did junior John LeMar (North Tonawanda, N.Y./North Tonawanda) whose 6-1, 6-3 win in sixth singles over Noah Ginder sealed the shutout.  It was his seventh singles win of the season.

Veitengruber was a 6-1, 6-1 winner over Ryan, the Marauders' top returner from last season, in first singles.  It was Veitengruber's team-leading 13th singles victory of the season.

The younger LeMar isn't far behind as he earned his 11th singles win, a 6-4, 6-0 dispatching of Akerley in third singles.

Gonzalez Villegas evened his singles record at 4-4 since returning from an injury that cost him the first 10 matches of the spring season.  He defeated Jadus 6-0, 6-1 in second singles, and is now 6-8 overall in singles play this season.

Milner has now won four straight singles matches after his 6-3, 6-3 defeat of Mucci in fourth singles.

The veteran Lowe picked up his eighth singles win of the season with a 6-1, 6-0 victory over Boyer in fifth singles.  He's now 5-5 in his last 10 singles outings.

The win today sends the Wildcats into their final match of the season with some momentum.  Daemen plays host to East Coast Conference rival Roberts Wesleyan this Wednesday, April 20 at the Williamsville South High School courts beginning at 4 p.m.