DeWitt, N.Y. – The third-seeded Le Moyne College men's tennis team registered its 10th straight win, a 5-0 victory, over sixth-seeded Stonehill College in the first round of the Northeast-10 Conference Championships on Tuesday afternoon at Elevate Fitness.
 
With the victory, Le Moyne improves to 13-4, earns its first win in the conference championship and advances to the NE10 semifinals for the first time in the program's history. The Dolphins will visit second-seeded Merrimack College on Thursday at 2:00 p.m. The Warriors handed the Dolphins their last loss, 5-4, in the regular-season matchup on February 25.
 
The Dolphins took a 3-0 lead in the match by sweeping the doubles competition for the eighth time in the last nine matches. Junior Andres Hernandez (Monterrey, Mexico/Laurel Springs/Texas Rio Grande Valley) and senior Jason Barton (Lima, Ohio/Shawnee) registered the first point of the day by winning their 10th straight match, 8-3, over Russell White and Manu Ravichandrakumar at the second position. Juniors Xavier Graells (Castellar del Vallès, Spain/IES Castellar/Harford Community College) and Tyler Underwood (Minoa, N.Y./East Syracuse-Minoa) recorded their 13th consecutive victory by defeating Nikolay Lisichenok and Tom Buckley at the third spot, 8-6. Sophomore Philip Blythe (Edinburgh, Scotland/Merchiston) and senior Hallam Doney (Andover, Hampshire/Peter Symonds) completed the sweep with an 8-5 come-from-behind win at the top position over Thomas Bellio and Trent Newman.

In the singles competition, the Dolphins won the first two that were completed to collect the victory. At the first spot, Blythe cruised past Bellio, 6-0, 6-1, for his 13th win of the season. Barton closed out the match by defeating Ravichandrakumar at the fourth position, 6-2, 6-3, for his team-best 11th dual match win of the year.