The 2017 tennis season got underway this past weekend with the Mustangs squaring off with both the Toronto Varisty Blues and York Lions on Saturday and Sunday at the University Tennis Centre.

The women's team started off the day strong by taking the doubles point. The first ranked duo of Madeline Benn and Helen He finished their first game 8-1. The third ranked tandem of Leanna Carpino and Emily Sneddon kept the momentum going after coming out on top 8-4. The final doubles match at #2 was taken by the Mustangs with Sophie Bui and Melissa Lee winning 8-7(5).
 
The Mustangs continued to dominate by winning four out of six singles matches to win by a final score of 5-2. Helen He won the #1 singles, Sophie Bui the #4 singles, Emily Sneddon the #5 singles, and Leanna Carpino the #6.
  
Western 5, Toronto 2
 
Women's Doubles:
#1- Benn/He def. U of Toronto 8-1
#2- Lee/Bui def. U of Toronto 8-7(5)
#3- Carpino/Sneddon def. U of Toronto 8-4
 
Women's Singles:
#1- He def. U of Toronto 6-0 ret.
#2- U of Toronto def. Lee 6-3, 6-4
#3. U of Toronto def. Benn 6-4, 6-4
#4. Bui def. U of Toronto 6-4, 6-3
#5. Sneddon def. U of Toronto 6-1, 6-2
#6. Carpino def. U of Toronto 6-1, 6-2
 
Following the women's match, the men's team took the courts to play Toronto.
 
Toronto took first strike taking the #1 doubles with a score of 8-4. Western struck back as the #3 duo of Mark Jensen and Ian Sneddon edged Toronto out 8-6 to tie the overall doubles. The final point came down to the second court where Andre Szilvassy and John Drake pulled out a 8-7(5) victory to take the doubles point, and give the Mustangs a 1-0 advantage going into singles play.

Toronto started off singles play by tying the score 1-1 with a win at #4 singles. Western promptly took back the advantage to go up 2-1 with a 6-1, 6-1 victory by Mark Jensen at 6th. The remaining four matches were back and forth, all going three sets, with each team having chances in each match. Unfortunately the Mustangs were unable to capitalize, and Toronto pulled out a 5-2 victory.

Toronto 5, Western 2
 
Men's Doubles:
#1- U of Toronto def. Moffat/Tonakanian 8-4
#2- Drake/Szilvassy def. U of Toronto 8-7(5)
#3- Jensen/Sneddon def. U of Toronto 8-6
 
Men's Singles:
#1- U of Toronto def. Szilvassy 1-6, 7-6(4), 6-1
#2- U of Toronto def. Sneddon 3-6, 6-4, 7-6(10)
#3. U of Toronto def. Tonakanian 7-6(3), 2-6, 7-5
#4. U of Toronto def. Drake 3-6, 6-2, 7-6(3)
#5. U of Toronto def. Moffatt 6-1, 6-3
#6. Jensen def. U of Toronto 6-1, 6-1
 
Both teams returned on Sunday to take on York with the women's team starting first.
 
York came out strong taking the doubles point 2-1 to go up 1-0 going into singles play.
 
The singles matches went back forth, starting with a win from Helen He in #1 singles to tie the score 1-1. Western went up to a 2-1 advantage after Melissa Lee won the #2 singles match. The last four matches were tightly contested. While Agathe Keromnes was victorious in the #3 singles, the Mustangs were unable to win the remaining three matches, leaving York on top with a final score of 4-3.
 
York 4, Western 3
 
Women's Doubles:
#1- Benn/He def. York 8-1
#2- York def. Lee/Keromnes 8-4
#3- York def. Carpino/Sneddon 8-5
 
Women's Singles:
#1- He def. York 6-3, 6-1
#2- Lee def. York 6-1, 6-3
#3. York def. Carpino 7-6(1), 6-1
#4. Keromnes def. York 6-4, 6-4
#5. York def. Bui 6-3, 7-5
#6. York def. Sneddon 4-6, 6-4, 6-4
 
The men's team took the courts following the Women's matches.
 
The men's team took control right from the start, as the tandem of the Kurtis Aleksandre and Ron Singer punched in a 8-0 win at #3 doubles. Mark Jensen and Andre Szilvassy solidified a doubles point win with a score of 8-4 at #1 doubles. The doubles sweep was completed as John Drake and Vahagn Tonakanian came up on top 8-2 at #2 doubles.
 
The Mustangs were able to maintain their momentum throughout the singles matches. Ron Singer started his singles campaign with a win at #5 singles with scores of 6-1, 6-1. Matthew Erdman also had a strong debut winning at #6 singles 6-2, 6-2. The Mustangs were able to win the remaining matches to complete the sweep, defeating York by a score of 7-0.
 
Western 7, York 0
 
Men's Doubles:
#1- Jensen/Szilvassy def. York 8-4
#2- Drake/Tonakanian def. York 8-2
#3- Aleksandre/Singer def. York 8-0
 
Men's Singles:
#1-  Szilvassy def. York 6-2, 6-1
#2- Tonakanian def. York 6-0, 6-2
#3. Jensen def. York 6-4, 6-3
#4. Drake def. York 6-0, 6-1
#5. Singer def. York 6-1,6-1
#6. Erdman def. York 6-2, 6-2
 
This coming Friday the Men's and Women's teams will take on Waterloo at the Waterloo Tennis Centre.