AMHERST, N.Y. -- The Daemen University men's tennis team collected their first win of the spring in a 5-2 decision over West Liberty on Saturday night. The Wildcats improve to 3-6 overall and 1-3 in the spring season, while the Hilltoppers drops their first dual match of the season, falling to 1-3 on the year. 

The Wildcats collected the first point of the match after winning two of the three doubles matches. Senior Alex Lumanog (Albuquerque, N.M.) and junior Lasse Mergens (Bochum, Germany) swept  6-0 at top doubles, and senior Rohan Chitanand (Den Haag, Netherlands) and junior Lucas Garcia (Bogota, Colombia) finished it off for the Wildcats with a 6-0 win at No. 2 doubles. West Liberty took the third doubles pairing over freshman Mitch Pollack (Winnipeg, Man.) and sophomore Riley Fitzgerald (Auburn, N.Y.).

Daemen closed out the match by taking the top four singles pairs tonight. Lumanog cruised to a 6-0, 6-3 victory at No. 1 singles while Chitanand picked up a 6-4, 6-1 at No. 2 singles. Mergens and Pollack both battled to victory in three-set matches, with the junior taking third singles (6-2,1-6, 6-3) and Pollack winning (6-3, 6-7, 13-11) at No. 4 singles. The Hilltoppers won No. 5 and No. 6 singles.

The Wildcats return to Miller Tennis Center next Saturday, Feb. 21 as they host St. Lawrence at 1:30 PM.