Philadelphia, PA- The Philadelphia University men's tennis team (10-4, 4-1 CACC) recorded an 8-1 Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) victory over the University of the Sciences-Philadelphia (USP) on Thursday afternoon at the Abraham J. Salaman'58 Courts.

The Rams swept doubles, as freshman Kyle Burke (Wakefield, RI/ S. Kingston) and sophomore Manoli Sgouros (Forest Hills, NY/ Holy Cross) teamed up at #1 to defeat Ricardo Martins/Chris Lukose 8-3.

PhilaU's lone loss came at #1 singles as sophomore Adrian Torroella-Cruz (Gainesville, FL/ Gainesville) fell in a tough 6-4, 7-6 match to Martins.

The rest of the PhilaU singles players pulled out wins, including #5 singles junior Seppi Hutter (Bellevue, WA/ Bellevue) in a 6-0, 6-1 win over Jason Chen and #6 singles junior Tom McAvoy (Phoenixville, PA/ Phoenixville) in a 7-6, 6-1 win over Ken Connelly.   

The Rams return to action on Tuesday (4/6) at Caldwell at 4:00 p.m.