OLIVET, Mich. – The Earlham College tennis teams opened their spring slate with wins over the University of Olivet on Saturday. 

The Earlham men picked up a 4-3 win over the Comets, and the women opened spring play with a 5-2 win. 

Earlham newcomers Christos Xirkostas and Ryan Fox jumped right into the action, picking up wins at No.1 and No.2 doubles respectively. Fox paired with freshman Fransisco Herrera who scored his first collegiate victory 6-3. 

Dev Agrawal scored a convincing 6-1, 6-1 win at No.2 singles, while Sanjil Magar clinched the match with a 7-5, 7-5 win at No.3 singles. 

Paige Hobbs and Mackenzie Davis controlled their match at No.1 doubles with a 6-2 win, while Ava Marroni and Natalee McCann as well as Ella Flottman-Mullen and Antonia Dean had to work with 7-6 wins at No.2 and No.3 doubles for a Quaker sweep. 

The Quakers won the top four singles matches, with Dean picking up her first collegiate singles win with a 6-2, 6-1 result at No.4 singles. 

The Quakers are slated to head to Brescia University and Kentucky Wesleyan College next weekend.