Springfield, Ohio - DePauw opened North Coast Athletic Conference West Division play this afternoon with an 8-1 win at Wittenberg and improved to 6-12 overall. The hosts dropped to 13-5 overall and 1-1 in the conference.

After sweeping doubles play and only losing seven games, the Tigers took five of the six singles matches for the victory.

DePauw travels to Denison for a 2 p.m. match tomorrow.

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DePauw University vs Wittenberg
4/13/2013 at Springfield, Ohio
(Albright Tennis Complex)

DePauw University 8, Wittenberg 1

 Singles competition 
1. Sam Miles (DPU) def. Ian Streicker (WITM) 6-4, 6-1
2. Ben Kopecky (DPU) def. Stas Pakhomov (WITM) 6-3, 6-2
3. Sasha Topolyanskiy (WITM) def. Chris Bertolini (DPU) 7-6 (7-4), 6-4
4. David Moss (DPU) def. Alexey Topolyanskiy (WITM) 6-2, 6-4
5. Reid Garlock (DPU) def. Sam Wilke (WITM) 5-7, 6-2, 1-0 (10-7)
6. Alec Kaczkowski (DPU) def. Sergio Fishkin (WITM) 6-1, 6-0

 Doubles competition 
1. Sam Miles/Ben Kopecky (DPU) def. Stas Pakhomov/Sergio Fishkin (WITM) 8-2
2. David Moss/Reid Garlock (DPU) def. Sasha Topolyanskiy/Joe Marra (WITM) 8-3
3. Chris Bertolini/Alec Kaczkowski (DPU) def. Ian Streicker/Sam Wilke (WITM) 8-2

Match Notes:
DePauw University 6-12, 1-0 NCAC West
Wittenberg 13-5, 1-1 NCAC West