Orlando, Fla. (February 23, 2014) – After winning the doubles point, the Mount men's tennis team fell in five of six singles matches to suffer a 5-2 defeat at the hands of Webber International on Sunday to begin the squad's spring break trip.

The Mount (3-3) got off to a fast start by taking No. 2 and No. 3 doubles from the Warriors (3-1). Competing at No. 2, Austin Blake and Mike Zabetakis fought to an 8-4 win over Niklas Kammer and Nickolay Kodinov. The all-freshman pairing of Mateo DeSomocurcio and Louis Tonon was also victorious, 8-2, at No. 3 doubles against Justus Klocke and Rodrigo Santibanez.

DeSomocurcio picked up the lone singles win for the Mount on Sunday, battling Kodinov to a three-set victory. Dropping the first set, DeSomocurcio bounced back to win 6-1 in the second set and 11-9 in the third set tiebreaker.

Tomorrow, the Mount goes toe-to-toe with Palm Beach Atlantic.

Doubles
No. 1: Cohen/Colak (WIU) def. Salam/Salomon (Mount), 8-1
No. 2: Blake/Mike Zabetakis (Mount) def. Kammer/Kodinov (WIU), 8-4
No. 3: DeSomocurcio/Tonon (Mount) def. Klocke/Santibanez (WIU), 8-2

Singles
No. 1: Kammer (WIU) def. Salam (Mount), 6-1, 6-0
No. 2: Cohen (WIU) def. Blake (Mount), 6-3, 6-3
No. 3: Colak (WIU) def. Salomon (Mount), 6-0, 7-6 (8-6)
No. 4: DeSomocurcio (Mount) def. Kodinov (WIU), 4-6, 6-1, 11-9
No. 5: Santibanez (WIU) def. Mike Zabetakis (Mount), 6-3, 6-4
No. 6: Klocke (WIU) def. Mast (Mount), 7-6 (7-2), 6-0