CLINTON, N.Y. – The Wesleyan men's tennis team picked up their first win of the spring season as they defeated Hamilton in NESCAC action on Sunday morning, 7-2, from Hamilton's Tietje Family Tennis Center before they hit the road for a series of Spring Break matches.

Ben Mitchell '24 and JT Bilski '26 as the No. 1 doubles pairing picked up a win over Coby Feldman and Connor Griff, finishing the matchup with a narrow 8-7 victory. At No. 3, Harry Portnoy '24 and Max Litton '26 cleared Gianni Esposito and Nicholas Gritz in a 8-5 finish. The No. 2 doubles match went to the Continentals as Anson Anderson and Tarun Korwar defeated Chase Kasday '26 and Harry Collomb '26, 8-5.

Four of the six singles matches went to forced third set tie breakers, but all four Cardinals kept a steady hand and won each comeback match. At No. 2, Brett Keeling '27 defeated Anderson, 6-3, 3-6, 6-2, after Anderson won the second set. Mitchell beat Korwar in the No. 3 spot as he fell in the first set 5-7 but finished the match with a 7-6 second set and 10-8 final. Collomb had control in the first set but fell in the second to Gritz, but cleared the match with a final 7-5, 1-6, 10-3 score. And at No. 5, Kasday roared back after falling in the first to Esposito and finished the match 3-6, 6-4, 6-4. Litton downed Charlie Sternberg in the final lineup spot at No. 6, 6-3, 6-2.

The Continentals' lone singles victory came in the No. 1 match as Bilski fell to Griff, 6-3, 6-3.

The Cardinals will now head to San Antonio, TX, for a four-match Spring Break trip, returning to action on Tuesday, March 12, when they face Incarnate Word at 3 p.m.