Daytona Beach, Fla. (February 25, 2014) – Facing Bethune-Cookman for the fifth time in school history, the Mount St. Mary's men's tennis team earned the program's first win over the Wildcats by a final score of 4-3 on Tuesday.

The highly-contested action finished in favor of the Mount (4-4) when freshman Darren Mast won the deciding match at No. 5 singles against Bethune-Cookman (0-8).

The Mount trailed in all three doubles matches and was in danger of entering singles play down 1-0. The Mount's No. 1 and No. 3 doubles duos were able to win in come-from-behind fashion to pick up the point, however.

At No. 1 doubles, Peter Salomon and Louis Tonon downed Santiago Lobelo and Diego Garavito, 8-6, while Mast and Austin Blake were victorious against Pablo Lopez and Alvaro Barrera, 8-6, at No. 3.

Blake earned a straight-set, 6-2, 6-4 win at No. 2 singles and Mast's No. 5 singles victory against Lopez was also in straight sets by scores of 6-1, 6-1. At No. 3 singles, Mateo DeSomocurcio took down Barrera, 6-3, 7-6 (8-6).

The Mount takes on Concordia Moorhead on Feb. 27 at 10 a.m.

Doubles
No. 1: Salomon/Tonon (Mount) def. Lobelo/Garavito (BCU), 8-6
No. 2: Rotich/Almeida (BCU) def. Salam/DeSomocurcio (Mount), 8-4
No. 3: Blake/Mast (Mount) def. Lopez/Barrera (BCU), 8-6

Singles
No. 1: Lobelo (BCU) def. Salam (Mount), 6-2, 6-4
No. 2: Blake (Mount) def. Garavito (BCU), 6-2, 6-4
No. 3: DeSomocurcio (Mount) def. Barrera (BCU), 6-3, 7-6 (8-6)
No. 4: Rotich (BCU) def. Salomon (Mount), 6-3, 6-2
No. 5: Mast (Mount) def. Lopez (BCU), 6-1, 6-1
No. 6: Almeida (BCU) def. Tonon (Mount), 6-1, 6-4