NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. – The Westminster College men's tennis team lost, 6-3, to Bethany College in Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) action on Tuesday.
 
Sophomore Miguel Ascencio (Venitia, PA / Peters Township) continued his streak of strong performances in singles, winning his match 6-2, 6-0, at no. 1 singles and improving his singles record to 5-3 on the season. Freshman Logan Mannhiermer (South Park, PA / South Park) also delivered a victory in the no. 3 singles match, besting his opponent by scores of 6-4, 6-3. The Titans also notched a victory in the doubles category, as Ascencio, and Noah Weis ( South Park, PA / South Park) picked up a victory for Westminster by a score of 8-6. 
 
The Titans dropped to 0-8 with the loss, and fell to 0-3 in the conference. Bethany improved 7-2 overall and 2-0 in the conference.
 
Westminster will be back on the court when it travels to Waynesburg on Saturday to take on the Yellow Jackets at 1:00 p.m.
 
Singles competition:
1. Miguel Ascencio (WES) def. Chris Ray (BET) 6-2, 6-0
2. Rhone Thrash (BET) def. Alex Georgescu (WES) 6-0, 6-0
3. Logan Mannhiermer (WES) def. Raj Vijayarajah (BET) 6-4, 6-3
4. Drake Berlin (BET) def. Collin Kelly (WES) 6-2, 6-1
5. Geoffrey Foster (BET) def. Noah Weiss (WES) 6-1, 6-3
6. Adam Franco (BET) def. Alec Rich (WES) 6-3, 6-1
 
Doubles competition:
1. Chris Ray/Drake Berlin (BET) def. Alex Georgescu/Logan Mannhiermer (WES) 8-1
2. Miguel Ascencio/Noah Weiss (WES) def. Rhone Thrash/Raj Vijayarajah (BET) 8-6
3. Geoffrey Foster/Adam Franco (BET) def. Alec Rich/Collin Kelly (WES) 8-2