EDWARDSVILLE – The Wilkes University men's tennis team advanced to its tenth straight MAC Freedom finals appearance after posting a 5-0 sweep of No. 4 seed DeSales University Tuesday afternoon at the Ralston Athletic Complex.
 
Wilkes increased its match win streak to 14 while improving to 21-3 on the season.
 
Wilkes went 3-0 in doubles play with an 8-2 win from Courtney Murphy (Bronx, NY/Christopher Columbus) and Troy Haas (Huntington Station, NY/Walt Whitman) at No. 1, 8-0 victory from Adam Lefkandinos (Toms River, NJ/Toms River North) and Andrew Neidig (Matamoras, PA/Delaware Valley) at No. 2 and 8-1 win from Artyom Nabokin (Las Vegas, NV/Danvers) and Braddock Chow (Glen Cove, NY/Glen Cove) at No. 3.
 
Murphy then cruised to a 6-0, 6-0 straight set victory at No. 1 before Nabokin clinched the match with a 6-0, 6-0 decision at No. 2.
 
Wilkes will host No. 2 FDU-Florham on Saturday looking for its tenth straight MAC Freedom crown. FDU-Florham advanced to the finals with a 5-1 win over No. 3 King's.
 
Wilkes University 5, DeSales University 0
 
Singles competition:
1. C. Murphy (WUMT) def. Jorey Ferraro (DSUM) 6-0, 6-0
2. A. Nabokin (WUMT) def. Jeffrey Julien (DSUM) 6-0, 6-0
3. A. Lefkandinos (WUMT) vs. Ben Greb (DSUM) 6-0, 1-0, unfinished
4. T. Haas (WUMT) vs. Josh Ferraro (DSUM) 6-1, 4-0, unfinished
5. B. Chow (WUMT) vs. Jake McKinney (DSUM) 6-0, 4-0, unfinished
6. C. Maderitz (WUMT) vs. Jose Bordas (DSUM) 6-0, 2-0, unfinished
 
Doubles competition:
1. C. Murphy/T. Haas (WUMT) def. Jake McKinney/Jorey Ferraro (DSUM) 8-2
2. A. Lefkandinos/A. Neidig (WUMT) def. Josh Ferraro/Jeffrey Julien (DSUM) 8-0
3. A. Nabokin/B. Chow (WUMT) def. Ben Greb/Ahmad Kanan (DSUM) 8-1