MOBILE, Ala. - The Savannah College of Art and Design swept its first-round match against Malone College 9-0 at the 2008 NAIA Men's Tennis National Championship Monday (May 12) afternoon at the Mobile Tennis Center.

SCAD, which finished the season ranked 10th in the NAIA, improved to 10-7 on the season and will face No. 7 seed Lindsey Wilson College in a 1 p.m. Central time match Tuesday (May 13). The Bees also recorded their first-ever win at the national tournament in two appearances. Malone, who advanced to the 24-team tournament by earning the automatic berth from NAIA Region IX, ended its season at 17-6.

The Bees, who earned an at-large berth to nationals, took a commanding 3-0 lead after doubles play before dropping just 13 games as SCAD took wins in each of the six singles matches.

No. 10 SCAD 9, MALONE 0

Singles: Jan Menzen (S) def. Jason Christman 6-1, 6-2; Ofir Weintraub (S) def. Kyle Bowers 6-2, 6-1; Willy Frei (S) def. David Cairns 6-1, 6-1; Dumitru Chiriacov (S) def. Nathaniel Rodd 6-0, 6-1; Mihai Draganescu (S) def. Tim Springirth 6-0, 6-4; Fernando Horcasitas (S) def. Tim Frazier 6-0, 6-2.

Doubles: Menzen-Chiriacov (S) def. Christman-Bowers 8-4; Weintraub-Frei (S) def. Chairns-Rodd 8-2; Horcasitas-Juan Pablo Velez (S) def. Springirth-Dan Yard 8-0.

Records: SCAD 10-7, Malone 17-6.