EMPORIA, Kan. – Kansas Wesleyan Men's Tennis opened the spring portion of the season on Tuesday with a dual again NCAA Division II Emporia State University at the Kossover Complex. The Hornets would come away with a 7-0 win in the match.
 
In doubles, KWU got a win as Alex Sherer and Adam Hanson beat Gwendal Mazuay and Luke West 7-6 in a 7-3 tiebreak. ESU would get the doubles point though winning the other two matches. Dawson O'Donnell and Gavin Chavez lost to Anton Sarunic and Diego Calvo 6-0, and Paul Jittawait and Jack Hanson lost to Alexis Mattenberger and Roko Kacer 6-2.
 
Emporia State got wins in all six singles matches.
 
Sarunic beat Sherer 6-0, 6-1; Mostafa Elbasnaly beat Adam Hanson 6-1, 6-2; Calvo beat Jittawait 6-1, 6-2; Mattenberger beat O'Donnell 6-2, 6-2; Kacer beat Jack Hanson 6-1, 6-0 and West beat Chavez 6-2, 6-1.
 
The teams also played three extra matches that did not factor into the team result. ESU got wins in all three.
 
Adam Everett lost to Santi Torres 8-0; Levi Mies lost to Hayden Herrera 8-1; and Porter Anderson lost to Druveer Grover 8-1.
 
The Coyotes head to Sioux City, Iowa this weekend taking on Morningside on Friday and Mount Marty on Saturday.