READING, Pa. – The Arcadia University men's tennis team picked up an 8-1 win at Alvernia Tuesday afternoon in MAC Commonwealth action. The Knights improved to 9-5 on the season and 3-2 in the conference, while the Crusaders fell to 8-6 overall and 1-4 in the MAC Commonwealth.
 
DOUBLES PLAY: Arcadia's top pair of senior Wesley Wei and freshman Nick Simeone downed Luke Hangen and Colin MacCloskey 8-5 at No. 1. In the second flight, sophomore John Zinzer and freshman Jake McBride claimed an 8-3 win over Reid Hoff and Todd Unger. Sophomore Jaime Zeng Zhu and freshman Drake Hanak finished off the doubles sweep with an 8-4 win over Jimmy Souder and Antonio Gaetani.
 
SINGLES PLAY: After falling in the first set, Simeone came back and took the first flight 3-6, 6-1, 10-8 over Hangen. Wei picked up a 6-4, 6-3 win over MacCloskey in the second flight. McBride downed Unger 6-1, 6-1 at No. 4, with Zeng Zhu claiming a 6-3, 6-2 win at No. 5. Hanak took a 0-6, 7-5, 10-5 win from Gaetani at No. 6.
 
UP NEXT: The Knights continue conference play Saturday afternoon at Stevenson.