GROVE CITY, Pa. -- The Grove City College men's tennis team improved to 5-1 in the Presidents' Athletic Conference by capturing a 7-0 win Friday over visiting Washington & Jefferson (7-8, 4-2) at Walters-Zbell Courts. 

Grove City (8-3) grabbed a 1-0 lead by taking all three doubles matches. Five straight-set singles wins help vault Grove City to the team victory. Freshman Ryan Kirkpatrick (Muscatine, Iowa/Muscatine) completed the sweep with a tiebreaker win at fourth singles.

Grove City honored its two seniors, Nathan Clark (Monroeville, Pa./Gateway) and Wesley Kiehl (Warren, Pa./Warren) as part of Senior Day activities Friday afternoon. 

The Wolverines will host Saint Vincent at 4 p.m. Saturday in conference play.

Washington & Jefferson at Grove City
Singles
1. Allen Morris (GRO) def. Jackson Akers (WJC) 6-1, 6-2
2. Benjamin Jones (GRO) def. Alex Duing (WJC) 6-0, 6-1
3. Isaac DeMan (GRO) def. Abhinav Yarramaneni (WJC) 6-2, 7-6 (8-6)
4. Ryan Kirkpatrick (GRO) def. Srivatsa Bellamkonda (WJC) 7-6 (7-4), 4-6, 1-0 (10-5)
5. Garrett Ranney (GRO) def. Nate Clarke (WJC) 6-1, 6-3
6. Kiser Swain (GRO) def. Aarav Surapaneni (WJC) 6-3, 6-0

Doubles
1. Benjamin Jones/Allen Morris (GRO) def. Nate Clarke/Alex Duing (WJC) 6-3
2. Nathan Clark/Isaac DeMan (GRO) def. Srivatsa Bellamkonda/Abhinav Yarramaneni (WJC) 6-1
3. Wesley Kiehl/Kiser Swain (GRO) def. Jackson Akers/Aarav Surapaneni (WJC) 6-1