The Mason men's tennis team defeated Denison, 6-1 in the team's first of five matches during Spring Break in Hilton Head.

The Patriots won two of the three doubles matches to grab the point. The team of Jordan Dyke and Chris Borden won at No. 2 doubles and Taylor Sargent and Tanner Baine at No. 3.

The points were tough to earn in the singles matches, with only two points earned in straight set matches. Jimmy Davis and Aaron Capitel won their matches at No. 2 and No. 5 respectively. Jordan Dyke at the top position won in a tiebreaker match, 10-5 as well as Taylor Sargent at No. 6, 10-4 in the tiebreaker. Scott Keaton earned the final Mason point with a 6-3, 7-6(5) victory.

The Patriots play Michigan Tech on Tuesday.

Doubles

#1 Veltman/Guerra def. Davis/Keaton (Mason), 8-6

#2 Dyke/Borden (Mason) def. Cempre/Marczak, 8-2

#3 Sargent/Baine (Mason) def. Loduca/Rajupet, 8-6

Singles

#1 Jordan Dyke (Mason) def. Guerra, 7-6(1), 3-6, (10-5)

#2 Jimmy Davis (Mason) def. Cempre, 6-3, 6-4

#3 Veltman def. Taylor Baine (Mason) 7-6 (4), 6-4

#4 Scott Keaton (Mason) Marczak, 6-3, 7-6 (5)

#5 Aaron Capitel (Mason) def. Gettel, 6-4, 6-2

#6 Taylor Sargent (Mason) def. Rajupet, 6-3, 5-7, (10-4)