GRANVILLE, Ohio (February 13, 2022) – The No. 21 Denison University men's tennis team kicked off its 2022 season with a pair of 9-0 sweeps over No. 29 Washington & Lee University and North Coast Athletic Conference West Division foe Ohio Wesleyan University on Saturday, February 12, on Denison's indoor tennis courts inside the Mitchell Fieldhouse.
 
Notable Results:
No. 21 Denison 9, No. 29 Washington and Lee 0:
Doubles

• Denison had little trouble sweeping the doubles points, taking Nos. 1-2 doubles by scores of 8-2 and then posting an 8-1 win at No. 3 doubles.
• Marc-Lennart Harms and Blake Eason won 8-1 at No. 3 doubles, Colin Gramley and Andy Mackler won 8-2 at No. 2 doubles, and then Tim Cianciola and Jack Bulger also won by a score of 8-2 at No. 1 doubles to give Denison the 3-0 lead.

Singles

• Denison also swept the singles competition, taking all six matches in straight sets.
• Mackler won 6-0, 6-1 at No. 3 singles, and then Cianciola won 6-1, 6-1 at No. 1 singles to clinch the victory.
• The Big Red rounded out the sweep as Harms won 6-2, 6-4 at No. 4 singles, Bulger won 6-1, 7-5 at No. 2 singles, Daniel Garcia won 6-2, 6-1 at No. 6 singles, and Ryan Patrick won the final match 6-3, 6-1 at No. 5 singles.

No. 21 Denison 9, Ohio Wesleyan 0:
Doubles

• Denison again took a 3-0 lead after doubles as Milan Gonela and Mackler earned the 8-0 win at No. 1 doubles, John Thompson and Archie Turner won 8-1 at No. 3 doubles, and Garcia and Nadeem Jones won 8-0 at No. 2 doubles.

Singles

• Harms was victorious 6-1, 6-0 at No. 2 singles and Gramely won 6-0, 6-1 at No. 4 singles to clinch Denison's victory in its NCAC West Division opener.
• The wins continued for the Big Red as Bulger won 6-2, 6-2 at No. 1 singles, Gonela won 6-1, 6-0 at No. 5 singles, Joseph Boyle won 6-0, 6-0 at No. 6 singles, and Eason won 6-0, 6-2 at No. 3 singles.

 
Records:

• No. 21 Denison improves to 2-0 overall and 1-0 in the NCAC West Division.
• No. 29 Washington & Lee drops to 0-2 overall.
• Ohio Wesleyan falls to 2-4 overall and 0-1 in the NCAC West. Denison is now 48-0 against OWU since the 1983 season.

 
Next Up: The Big Red will remain at home at battle one of the top teams in NCAA Division III, No. 2 Case Western Reserve University. The match starts at 1 p.m. on Saturday, February 19.