The Muhlenberg tennis teams made it 4-0 on their Spring Break trip to Hilton Head, both scoring 5-2 wins against Penn State Behrend.

The women used their depth to defeat a Behrend squad that came in with a record of 10-1 and won the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference championship in the fall. The Lions won at first doubles and first and second singles, but the Mules (3-1) prevailed in the other six matches.

Senior Caitlin Bestrycki (pictured above left) keyed the win by pulling out two close matches, 6-4 with junior Charley Madlock at No. 2 doubles and in a third-set tiebreaker at No. 4 singles. 

Muhlenberg's 3-1 start is its best since 2010.

The men swept the doubles and won four of the five completed singles matches in straight sets. Senior Gabriel Tamarkin (pictured above right) dropped a total of only three games in winning at both doubles and singles on his birthday, and freshman Casey Knipe, playing No. 1 doubles for the first time in his career, teamed up with junior William Rose for a 6-4 win.

Muhlenberg 5, Penn State Behrend 2 (women)
doubles
Tamanna Sharma and Enisa Siljkovic (PSB) def. Kety Gaidamashvili and Sydney Madlock, 6-3
Charley Madlock and Caitlin Bestrycki (M) def. Lauren Burkley and Lindsey Kerlin, 6-4
Taylor Current and Alexandra Downey (M) def. Triss Righi and Madison Gannon, 6-1

singles
Sharma (PSB) def. Gaidamashvili, 6-4, 6-1
Siljkovic (PSB) def. C. Madlock, 7-6 (7-4), 6-1
S. Madlock (M) def. Burkley, 6-3, 7-5
Bestrycki (M) def. Kerlin, 6-3, 4-6, 10-6
Alexandra Roehl (M) def. Righi, 6-4, 6-1
Ella Pomeranz (M) def. Gannon, 6-3, 6-2

Muhlenberg 5, Penn State Behrend 2 (men)
doubles
William Rose and Casey Knipe (M) def. Carson Souser and Paul Flick, 6-4
Matt Miller and Max Gofton (M) def. Vitaliy Pikalo and Joseph Salamon, 6-1
Gabriel Tamarkin and Josh Simon (M) def. Luke Vunora and Shaan Patel, 6-1

singles
Graham Louis (PSB) def. Owen Dyer, 2-6, 5-4, retired
Rose (M) def. Souser, 6-4, 6-1
Knipe (M) def. Flick, 6-2, 6-4
Pikalo (PSB) def. Noah Rodburg, 6-2, 7-6 (11-9)
Sam Stein (M) def. Vunora, 6-0, 6-4
Tamarkin (M) def. Salamon, 6-2, 6-0