Emmitsburg, Md. (March 22, 2015) – The Mount St. Mary's men's tennis team secured its first victory over Delaware since 1991 with a 5-2 victory on Sunday at the Mount Tennis Courts. The win for the Mount snaps a nine match losing streak to the Blue Hens.

Mount St. Mary's (7-4) jumped on Delaware (0-12) by taking the doubles point thanks to victories at the No. 2 and No. 3 slots. The Mountaineers went on to win the top four singles matches to earn the victory.

The Mount's No. 2 doubles pairing of Brandon Wortkotter (Fort Myers, Fla.) and Austin Blake (Garnet Valley, Pa.) picked up a team-leading 11th victory, downing Tyler Flematti and Colin Wong, 8-2. At the No. 3 slot, sophomores Louis Tonon (Charlotte, N.C.) and Darren Mast (Lancaster, Pa.) were 8-4 winners in their match versus Alex Sweet and Mike Furr.

Blake added another victory in singles play, winning his No. 1 singles match against Furr. Sophomore Mateo DeSomocurcio (Lima, Peru) posted a 0-6, 7-5, 6-4 comeback victory at the No. 2 position.

Adam Salam (Wallingford, Pa.) and Mast secured straight-set wins at the No. 3 and No. 4 slots, respectively.

Next on the schedule, the Mount hosts St. Francis Brooklyn on Saturday, March 28.

DOUBLES
1. Matt Renzi/Shane Jeffray (DELAWARE) def. SALAM, Adam/DESOMOCURCIO, Mateo (MOUNT) 8-7 (7-2)
2. WORTKOTTER, Brandon/BLAKE, Austin (MOUNT) def. Tyler Flematti/Colin Wong (DELAWARE) 8-2
3. TONON, Louis/MAST, Darren (MOUNT) def. Alex Sweet/Mike Furr (DELAWARE) 8-4

SINGLES
1. BLAKE, Austin (MOUNT) def. Mike Furr (DELAWARE) 6-4, 2-0 (retired)
2. DESOMOCURCIO, Mateo (MOUNT) def. Shane Jeffray (DELAWARE) 0-6, 7-5, 6-4
3. SALAM, Adam (MOUNT) def. Matt Renzi (DELAWARE) 6-2, 6-4
4. MAST, Darren (MOUNT) def. Tyler Flematti (DELAWARE) 6-3, 6-3
5. Tim Puterio (DELAWARE) def. TONON, Louis (MOUNT) 6-2, 6-0
6. Colin Wong (DELAWARE) def. SALOMON, Peter (MOUNT) 6-4, 6-3