LOS ANGELES, Calif. - The No. 4 Cal Lutheran men's tennis team concluded the dual-match portion of their Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) schedule with a 9-0 shutout road win over Occidental this afternoon.

The Kingsmen will go into the SCIAC Championships as the No. 2 seed with a 6-1 record behind Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, who was their only league loss of the season.

Playing at Scholl Canyon today the doubles teams got CLU out to a quick 3-0 lead. Thomas Millet and Marcelo Sousa earned a convincing 8-2 victory over Avery Howard and David Cotton at No. 3 doubles.

On the number one and two doubles courts, the Kingsmen earned 8-6 and 8-5 victories respectively. Nicholas Ballou and Ray Worley defeated Jordan Brown and Josh Dancu as the first team with Alex Nichols and Connor Treacy joining forces for a win over Kevin Zhao and Stephen Perkins in the No. 2 spot.

In a singles sweep, Both No. 4 Treacy and No. 5 Millet cruised to 6-0, 6-2 wins. Devon Belcher also locked up an easy win at No. 6, defeating Jesse Kreger 6-2, 6-2.

Ballou won 6-1, 6-2 in the top spot for the second consecutive match while Worley took a 6-4, 6-4 match against Perkins.

Rounding out the event today was Nichols who played the toughest match of the afternoon. He battled to a 7-6 (7-0) win in the first set before taking the second 6-3.

Cal Lutheran (16-2, 6-1 SCIAC) will travel to Northern California to face the No. 10 UC Santa Cruz Banana Slugs on Sunday, April 14 at 1:00 p.m. for their final regular season dual match of the spring. UCSC is also ranked No. 4 in the region.

Box Score: CLU 9, OXY 0
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