GREENVILLE, PA – The Alfred University men's tennis team picked up a 7-0 win at Thiel College on Friday to end its 2026 portion of the schedule.
 
The Saxons (2-0, 0-0 Empire 8) were perfect in doubles, clinching the point with two 6-0 wins and a forfeit victory. Ricardo Alvarez Janik (La Orotava, Spain/Colegio Casa Azul) and Anlun Zwerver (Koog Aan De Zaan, The Netherlands/Blaise Pascal College) earned the win at No. 1 doubles and André López Jiménez (Mexico City, Mexico/PrepaTec Esmeralda) and Artur Idrisov (Ufa, Bashkortostan, Russia/Erudit School) took the victory at No. 2.
 
"Today was a great opportunity to get all of our team a match," Head Coach Jordan Crouch said. "Thiel presented an opportunity to let everyone play and showcase all that we have been developing this fall. Great win and a great way to enter our offseason! Let's go Saxons!"
 
Zwerver started things off in singles with a clean sweep at No. 2. Aiden Newlen (Reedsville, PA/Mifflin County) won at No. 3, 6-1, 6-1 to clinch the match with the fourth point.
 
Breece Erickson (Goshen, IN/Bethany Christian) won the fifth point at No. 1, earning it with a 6-1, 6-1 showing. Thomas Hamilton (Farmville, VA/Prince Edward County) earned the team's sixth point with a 6-0, 6-1 win at No. 5. George K. Fearon (Union Springs, NY/Union Springs) closed out the scoring with a 6-0, 6-4 victory at No. 4.
 
No. 6 singles was a forfeit.
 
The Saxons will next look towards their 2027 section of their schedule and Empire 8 conference matches.