CINCINNATI- Xavier men's tennis won their first match of the 2018 spring season, 6-1, over Northern Illinois.
The Musketeers were exceptional in doubles and singles play. Xavier won two doubles matches and five singles matches.
In No. 1 doubles play, Jack Dykema and Gabriel Araujo won, 6-3. Brett Winters and Alejandro Rodriguez-Vidal won at No. 3 doubles over Erich Schuette and Kristopher Ortega of Northern Illinois.
Dykema won over Ortega at No. 1 singles, 7-6(4), 4-6, 11-9. At No. 2 singles, Winters defeated Georg Lundkvist, 7-5, 6-3.