CHARLESTON, W.Va. - After dropping their first three matches of 2014, the University of Charleston men's tennis team picked up their first win, defeating Centre College 9-0 Saturday afternoon.

UC started the day off quickly, picking up three wins in doubles with Dennis Okoth and James Gammell earning an 8-4 win at No. 1 Doubles and the tandems of Matt Sherba/Davey Nelson, and Gabe Seymour/Jake Lorenz took care of their opponents at the No. 2 and 3 Doubles with scores of 8-1.

The Golden Eagles continued their strong play, sweeping Centre in all six single matches in straight sets.  James Gammell moved into the No. 1 singles spot and grabbed a 7-5, 6-2 victory.  Nick Bakos had the toughest match of the afternoon but prevailed over Centre's Caleb Smith 6-3, 7-5.

Charleston will be back on the courts Saturday, March 1 at 1PM to open up MEC play against Shepherd University.  The match will be played in Charleston with location to be deteremined

Match-by-Match

Doubles
No. 1: Okoth/Gammell (UC) defeats Rini/Henre (CC) 8-4
No. 2: Sherba/Nelson (UC) defeats Wermeling/Brooks (CC) 8-1
No. 3: Seymour/Lorenz (UC) defeats Smith Richardson (CC) 8-1

Singles:
No. 1: Gammell (UC) defeats Rini (CC) 7-5, 6-2
No. 2: Sherba (UC) defeats Henre (CC) 6-0, 6-2
No. 3: Okoth (UC) defeats Wermeling (CC) 6-0, 6-2
No. 4: Lorenz (UC) defeats Brooks (CC) 6-1, 6-0
No. 5: Bakos (UC) defeats Smith (CC) 6-3, 7-5
No. 6 Nelson (UC) defeats Richardson (CC) 6-0, 1-0 (retired)

UC: 9, Centre College: 0