CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- University of Charleston men's tennis suffered their first Mountain East Conference loss Sunday afternoon as the visiting Bobcats from West Virginia Wesleyan College defeated the Golden Eagles, 6-1, at Schoenbaum Courts.

UC fell behind early after getting swept in doubles despite a pair of close matches at No. 1 & No 2 doubles.  Ben Lakeman and Joao Tayar forced a tiebreaker at No. 1 but eventually were handed a loss by Wesleyan.

Things didn't get much for Charleston as they hit the courts for singles play with the Bobcats taking five of the six singles matches to earn a road win over UC, 6-1.  Singles courts one through four were tightly contested but it was only Ben Lakeman at No. 1 who was able to come out on the winning end of his match, 6-4, 7-5, over his Bobcat opponent.

The Golden Eagles and Bobcats are likely to meet again in the MEC Tournament later this month.  Up next for Charleston is a trip to Fairmont State University on Thursday afternoon.

SINGLES
Ben Lakeman (UC) def. Lukas Laipold 6-4, 7-6(1)
Carlos Dodero (WVWC) def. Alek Gracin 7-5, 7-6(7)
Maycon Santos Dias (WVWC) def. Joao Tayar 6-4, 6-3
Charalampos Simaioforidis (WVWC) def. Tom Andrews 6-3, 7-5
Alex Lyudinovskiy (WVWC) def. Jason Prince 6-4, 6-2
Thomas McIntosh (WVWC) def. Adam Malouf 6-2, 6-4

DOUBLES
Maycon Santos Dias / Carlos Dodero (WVWC) def. Ben Lakeman / Joao Tayar 7-6(4)
Charalampos Simaioforidis / Christos Kyrillou (WVWC) def. Alek Gracin / Jason Prince 7-5
Lukas Laipold / Thomas McIntosh (WVWC) def. Tom Andrews / Ian Morrison 6-3