BABSON PARK, Fla. – The Savannah College of Art and Design men's tennis team passed their first test against nationally ranked competition Sunday (Feb. 10) afternoon as the third-ranked Bees easily defeated No. 10 Webber International University 8-1 in a Florida Sun Conference match.

The Bees improved to 2-0 overall and to 2-0 in the Florida Sun while the Warriors fell to 1-1 and 0-1. SCAD returns to action Friday (Feb. 15) with a 2:30 p.m. contest against former FSC member Flagler College in St. Augustine, Fla.

No. 3 SCAD 8, No. 10 WEBBER INTERNATIONAL 1

Singles: Jan Menzen (S) def. Phillippe Andermatt 6-1, 6-2; Ofir Weintraub (S) def. Rafeal Teixeira 6-4, 6-3; Cody Wright (W) def. Dumitru Chiriacov 5-7, 7-5, 7-6; Willy Frei (S) def. Radovan Mircic 6-4, 2-6, 11-9; Mihai Draganescu (S) def. Oskar Sanchez-Chagollan 6-2, 6-1; Fernando Horcasitas (S) def. Leigh Griffiths 6-0, 6-4.

Doubles: Menzen-Chiriacov (S) def. Andermatt-Ignacio Cochran 8-2; Horcasitas-Weintraub (S) def. Wright-Mircic 8-3; Frei-Draganescu (S) def. Griffiths-Teixeira 8-6.

Records: SCAD 2-0 overall, 2-0 Florida Sun; Webber International 1-1, 0-1.