ALLIANCE, Ohio -- The Mount Union men's tennis team defeated Westminster (Pa.), 8-1, to earn its first win of the 2010-11 school year at Peterson Fieldhouse on Friday.

The Purple Raiders (1-4) swept singles competition and took two of three doubles points.

Zach Perry (Hudson/Hudson) won the No. 1 singles match over Nathan Huber, 6-2, 6-1, while Nate Fockler (North Canton/Hoover) defeated Derek Fredrickson, 6-0, 6-0, at second singles.

Other singles victors were Patrick Yackmack (Mantua/Twinsburg), Yasuhiro Anno (Fukucka, Japan/Kyushu Kokusai Daigaku Fuzoku), Jeff Looker (Stow/Stow-Munroe Falls) and Drew LeGendre (Toledo/Bowsher).

Yackmack handled Drew Trifelos, 6-1, 6-3, at third singles; Anno defeated Sean Black, 6-0, 6-1, at No. 4 singles; Looker outlasted Ryan Carr at fifth singles, 7-6 (7-5), 6-3; and LeGendre bested Brad Thomas, 6-0, 6-2, at sixth singles.

In doubles action, Fockler and Yackmack teamed for an 8-6 win at first singles over Huber and Fredrickson.

Perry and Anno added an 8-0 victory against Thomas and Carr at No. 2 singles.

Mount Union 8, Westminster (Pa.) 1

Singles competition:
1. Zach Perry (MTUM) def. Nathan Huber (WESM) 6-2, 6-1
2. Nate Fockler (MTUM) def. Derek Fredrickson (WESM) 6-0, 6-0
3. Patrick Yackmack (MTUM) def. Drew Trifelos (WESM) 6-1, 6-3
4. Yasuhiro Anno (MTUM) def. Sean Black (WESM) 6-0, 6-1
5. Jeff Looker (MTUM) def. Ryan Carr (WESM) 7-6 (7-5), 6-3
6. Drew LeGendre (MTUM) def. Brad Thomas (WESM) 6-0, 6-2

Doubles competition:
1. Nate Fockler/Patrick Yackmack (MTUM) def. Nathan Huber/Derek Fredrickson (WESM) 8-6
2. Zach Perry/Yasuhiro Anno (MTUM) def. Brad Thomas/Ryan Carr (WESM) 8-0
3. Drew Trifelos/Sean Black (WESM) def. Drew LeGendre/Jeff Looker (MTUM) 8-2

Notes:
Mount Union 1-4
Westminster (Pa.) 0-3