DAYTON, Ohio — One goal accomplished.

The Earlham College men's tennis team achieved one of its goals on Wednesday as the Quakers defeated Transylvania University 9-0 to claim the regular season Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference championship.

"It was a great win for us," Earlham Head Coach Adam Van Zee said. "We reached one of our goals, but we still have a lot more to do for the conference tournament."

The Quakers are now 17-1 and finish the spring with a perfect 9-0 mark in the HCAC. The Pioneers are 8-5 overall and 6-1 in the conference.

For Earlham, the victory clinched a second straight regular season HCAC crown after the Quakers shared it a year ago. The 17 wins also equals last year's victory total. In 2011, the Quakers were 17-4 and won the conference tournament title and qualified for the NCAA Tournament.

The win also means that the Quakers earn the top seed in the upcoming HCAC Tournament that will be in Indianapolis on May 5-6 at the West Indy Racquet Club.

Doubles Sweep

Earlham swept the doubles competition in the contest that was moved to the Dayton Center Courts earlier in the afternoon because of a poor weather forecast.

Hank Levin (Dallas, TX, Highland Park) and Anton Bartashevich (Moscow, Russia, International) defeated Will Palmer and Keith Henderson 8-5 at No. 1.

Brad Maisey (Mount Maunganui, New Zealand, Tauranga Boys) and Andrey Gavrilov (Yaroslavl, Russia, Universal) took care of Patrick Richardson and Tyler Pewitt 8-2 at No. 2.

Scott Lawrence (Letchworth, England, Cheam) and Nabil Parkar (London, England, International) needed a tiebreaker to win 9-8 (10-3) over Jordan Evans and Kim Pescher at No. 3.

In singles action, Levin battled some illness during his 6-3, 4-6, 1-0 (10-7) win over Palmer at No. 1, while Bartashevich defeated Henderson 6-1, 7-5 at No. 2.

At No. 3, Gavrilov beat Richardson 6-3, 6-1 a and Maisey won 6-0, 6-2 over Pewitt at No. 4.

Lawrence posted a 6-1, 6-3 victory over Evans at No. 5.

David Bluestein (Durham, NH, Buxton School) finished the match with a 6-0, 6-0 win over Pescher at No. 6.

The Quakers finish the regular season on Sunday with a non-conference match at Miami University-Hamilton at noon.

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