GREENVILLE, Pa. – The Thiel College men's tennis team earned its first win of the season Sunday afternoon, defeating visiting Mount Aloysius College 5-4.

The win was not only the first for Thiel (1-10) since April 19, 2006 (program was discontinued for four seasons following the 2006 season), but was also the first collegiate victory for first-year head coach Tim Dunford.

The Tomcats picked up individual wins at second and third doubles and fourth, fifth, and sixth singles.

In second doubles Louie Rubin (Lock Haven, Pa., Central Mountain) and Zach Kubec (Geneva, Ohio, Geneva) defeated Chris Cielo and Matt Pratt 8-1 while Kirt Strock (Zanesville, Ohio, Tri-Valley) and Josh Bartsch (Pittsburgh, Pa., The Kiski School) downed Wes Stoudnour and John Feltch 8-2 at third doubles.

Kubec posted a 6-2, 6-1 win over Jake Herschberger at fourth singles and Naoki Osawa (Ota Gumma, Japan, Jyutoku) defeated Stoudnour 6-3, 6-1 at fifth singles. The sixth singles match between Brad Schell (Linesville, Pa., Conneaut) and Jesse Naill provided the most entertainment as Schell rallied from a first-set loss to win 3-6, 6-4, 10-3.

Thiel is set to return to action on Thursday, April 14 when it plays host to Westminster College. The match is scheduled to get underway at 4 p.m.

First Singles – Ryan Bressler, MAC vs. Louie Rubin (Lock Haven, Pa./Central Mountain), THI: Bressler 6-0, 6-1
Second Singles – Matt Pratt, MAC vs. Long Zheng, THI: Pratt 6-4, 6-3
Third Singles – Chris Cielo, MAC vs. Matt Haddon, THI: Cielo 7-5, 6-0
Fourth Singles – Jake Hershberger, MAC vs. Zach Kubec (Geneva, Ohio/Geneva), THI: Kubec 6-2, 6-1
Fifth Singles – Wes Stoudnour, MAC vs. Naoki Osawa (Ota Gumma, Japan/Jyutoku), THI: Osawa 6-3, 6-1
Sixth Singles – Jesse Naill, MAC vs. Brad Schell (Linesville, Pa./Conneaut), THI: Schell 3-6, 6-4, 10-3
First Doubles – Bressler/Herschberger, MAC vs. Zheng/Haddon, THI: Bressler/Herschberger 9-7
Second Doubles – Cielo/Pratt, MAC vs. Rubin/Kubec, THI: Rubin/Kubec 8-1
Third Doubles – Stoudnour/John Feltch, MAC vs. Kirt Strock (Zanesville, Ohio/Tri-Valley)/Josh Bartsch (Pittsburgh, Pa./The Kiski School), THI: Strock/Bartsch 8-2