Syracuse, N.Y. - The Le Moyne College men's tennis team rolled to its third consecutive victory with a 9-0 sweep of American International on Tuesday afternoon in Northeast-10 Conference action at the Le Moyne Recreation Center.

Freshmen Daniel Sullivan (Auburn, N.Y./Auburn), Brian Rice (Syracuse, N.Y./Westhill) and James Shelp (Pittsford, N.Y./Pittsford Sutherland) cruised to two-set victories in singles action. Sullivan, the Northeast-10 Conference freshman of the week, picked up a 6-0, 6-2 win over Robert Lubold at first singles. Rice posted a 6-0, 6-0 victory at second singles over Leo Santos, while Shelp topped Alex Touhey at third singles 6-0, 6-0. Freshmen Andrew Gleason (Gorham, Maine/Cheverus) and Joseph Persia (Spencerport, N.Y./Spencerport) and senior Ben Jordan (Cassville, N.Y./Mt. Markham) posted 8-0 pro-set wins at fourth, fifth and sixth singles, respectively.

The doubles teams of Sullivan and Rice, Shelp and Persia and Jordan and classmate Chris Meeker (Wampsville, N.Y./Oneida) all registered 8-0 victories.

Le Moyne (7-9, NE-10 5-5) close out the regular season with a non-conference match against Utica on Wednesday, April 15 at 4:00 p.m. Prior to the match, the senior class of Jordan, Meeker and David Norton (Mexico, N.Y./Mexico) will be honored for their contributions to the program.

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Le Moyne 9, American International 0
Singles competition
1. Daniel Sullivan (LEM) def. Robert Lubold (AIC) 6-0, 6-2
2. Brian Rice (LEM) def. Leo Santos (AIC) 6-0, 6-0
3. James Shelp (LEM) def. Alex Touhey (AIC) 6-0, 6-0
4. Andrew Gleason (LEM) def. Jake Anderson (AIC) 8-0
5. Joseph Persia (LEM) def. Brett Barry (AIC) 8-0
6. Ben Jordan (LEM) def. Andrew Rousseau (AIC) 8-0

Doubles competition
1. Daniel Sullivan/Brian Rice (LEM) def. Robert Lubold/Leo Santos (AIC) 8-0
2. James Shelp/Joseph Persia (LEM) def. Alex Touhey/Jake Anderson (AIC) 8-0
3. Ben Jordan/Chris Meeker (LEM) def. Yakura/Andrew Rousseau (AIC) 8-0