DAYTON, Ohio — Four in a row.

The Earlham College men's tennis team defeated Capital University 8-1 at the Dayton Center Courts on Wednesday as the Quakers won their fourth straight match.

"Our singles play is really firing on all cylinders at the moment," Earlham Head Coach Adam Van Zee said. "Capital is not as bad as the scores indicated, but we were able to really take it to them."

"This was a 5-4 loss for us last season," Van Zee added. "To turn things around to such a dominating performance says a lot about the guys working hard this season. We have two home matches next week and hope to be able to bring the same level of play into them and come out with a couple more wins."

After leading 2-1 after doubles, the Quakers swept the singles.

Henry Levin (Dallas, TX, Highland Park) beat Casey Filas 6-0, 6-0 at No. 1, while Andrey Gavrilov (Yaroslavl, Russia, Universal) defeated John Murray 6-1, 6-0.

Brad Maisey (Mount Maunganui, New Zealand, Tauranga Boys) continued his success with his ninth singles victory of the year in a 6-1, 6-0 decision over Tommy Stein at No. 3. Scott Lawrence (Letchworth, England, Cheam) took care of Chris Morris 6-0, 6-0 at No. 4.

At No. 5, Mike Von Vogt (South Bristol, ME, Lincoln Academy) defeated Doug Gogel-Bryant 6-1, 6-1. Johnny Kauffman (Goshen, IN, Bethany Christian) beat Mark Williams 6-0, 6-0 at No. 6.

In doubles, Maisey and Von Vogt beat Murray and Gogel-Bryant 8-2 at No. 2. At No. 3, Gavrilov and Lawrence defeated Morris and Williams 8-0.

The Quakers (7-2) entertain Central State University on Tuesday in their first home match of the spring.

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