EMMITSBURG, Md. (September 13, 2013) – Five singles wins highlighted the Mount men's tennis team's opening day of the Mount St. Mary's Invitational on Friday afternoon. Austin Blake, Peter Salomon, Anthony Adams, Justin Olexa and Will Briscoe all secured singles wins in their respective flights.

In Flight A singles action, Blake and Salomon were straight-set winners on Friday. Blake took down Coppin State's Daniel Nico, 6-3, 7-6(3), while Salomon cruised to a 6-3, 6-1 win in his Mount debut over Loyola's Harrison Kunkel.

The Mount also picked up two victories in Flight C singles courtesy of Adams and Olexa. In hard-fought three-set wins, Adams beat Dickinson's John Kneisley, 2-6, 6-4, 10-4 and Olexa defeated Dickinson's Clark Chapman, 6-3, 1-6, 10-7.

Finally, in the D flight, Briscoe came away with a 7-6, 7-5 win against Tre'Vonne Peyton of Coppin State.

Action will resume tomorrow at 9:30 a.m.

Day One Results

Men's A Flight Singles
Austin Blake (Mount St. Mary's) def. Daniel Nico (Coppin State), 6-3, 7-6(3)
Connor Pietrak (Loyola) def. Joey Frank (Dickinson), 6-3, 6-4
Oleksiy Krylchuk (Coppin State) def. Scott Bernstein (Bucknell), 6-4, 6-3
Peter Salomon (Mount St. Mary's) def. Harrison Kunkel (Loyola), 6-3, 6-1 

Men's B Flight Singles
Jon DeFrancesch (Bucknell) def. Connor Lisco (Loyola), 6-3, 6-4
Roderick Peyton (Coppin State) BYE
Greg Olesnycky (Loyola) def. Louis Tonon (Mount St. Mary's), 6-4, 7-5
Jackson Claudio (Dickinson) def. Reginald Robinson (Coppin State), 6-2, 6-3

Men's C Flight Singles

Anthony Adams (Mount St. Mary's) def. John Kneisley (Dickinson), 2-6, 6-4, 10-4
Irwin Reibeiseni (Bucknell) def. Jordon Kuchta (Loyola), 6-3, 6-1
Justin Olexa (Mount St. Mary's) def. Clark Chapman (Dickinson), 6-3, 1-6, 10-7
Colby Burke (Bucknell) def. Patrick Thomas (Coppin State), 6-2, 6-1

Men's D Flight Singles

Will Briscoe (Mount St. Mary's) def. Tre-Vonne Peyton (Coppin State), 7-6, 7-5
Alex Castro (Loyola) def. Chandler Costello (Mount St. Mary's), 6-1, 6-1
Steven Kaplan (Dickinson) def. Max Shanbrom (Loyola), 4-6, 6-4, 10-7
Matt Beijian (Loyola) def. Matt Zabetakis (Mount St. Mary's), 6-3, 4-6, 10-4

Men's E Flight Singles
Connor Skelton (Loyola) BYE
Nikita Leonov (Dickinson) def. James Bartolozzi (Mount St. Mary's), 6-1, 6-1
Evan Davis (Dickinson) def. John Ferruzzi (Loyola), 4-6, 6-3, 10-7
Maris Beigel (Mount St. Mary's) BYE