BALTIMORE, Md. (March 13, 2019)– After a three-week hiatus from competition, the Morgan State men's team returned to action for a matchup at Loyola on Wednesday. The Bears came away with a 7-0 shutout victory at McClure Tennis Center at Ridley Athletic Complex.

Morgan State improved its record to 5-4 overall and extended to a four-match winning streak.
 
"We played well today, and picked up right where we left off about a month ago," said MSU coach Matthew Townes. "I think if we improve on a few things we will be in a great position at the end of the season." 

Kharchev defeated Hoffarth, 6-4, 6-1, at No. 1 singles, and Ramakrishnan beat Gates, 6-4, 7-5, at No. 2. Rawal got past Glezer, 6-0, 6-1, at No. 3, and Ceylan beat Gower, 6-3, 6-2, at No. 4. Lopez topped Fitzmaurice, 6-2, 6-3, at No. 5, and Gupta was a 6-3, 6-2 winner over Cash at No. 6.

Morgan State took an early 1-0 lead when it won the doubles point. Along with Ramakrishnan and Kharchev's 6-3 victory at No. 2, Ceylan and Rawal won their match at the No. 3 position, 6-2.

Loyola's (1-2) Skyler Gates and Matt Fitzmaurice were 6-0 winners at No. 1 doubles for the Greyhounds over Sebastian Lopez and Shrey Gupta, but it was the only match the Greyhounds claimed.

Arjun Ramakrishnan and Sergei Kharchev topped Benny Glezer and C.J. Cash, 6-3, at No. 2 doubles, and Oguzhan Ceylan and Nihit Rawal were 6-2 winners against Brian Hoffarth and Kyle Gower at No. 3.

Oguzhan and Gupta leads the Bears as both have won their last three singles matches.

"Loyola is a good team and I thought we might come out a little flat because of our break; I was wrong and couldn't be happier about it." 

Morgan State will look to extend its four-match winning streak Monday (March 18) when it travels to Durham to face the Eagles of North Carolina Central.