MIDDLEBURY, Conn. - Senior Caleb Harris (Guilford, Conn.) and freshman Jose Zambrano () won in doubles as a pair and individually in singles to lead the Western Connecticut State University Wolves to a 7-2 victory over the visiting Salem State University Vikings in Little East Conference (LEC) men's tennis action this evening indoors at the Middlebury Racquet Club.  WestConn improves to 2-6 overall, snapping a three-match losing skid, and improves to 1-1 in the Littler East.  Salem State falls to 1-2 overall and 0-2 in the league.

In doubles,  WestConn got ist first point thanks to a convincing 8-3 win at No. 2 behind senior Nicholas Peschier (Bridgeport, Conn.) and freshman Henry Gsell (New Fairfield, Conn.). It took the last couple of game for Harris/Zambrano to come back from behind to close out the third doubles match, 8-6.  At the top of the doubles ladder, senior Kevin Tenesaca (Danbury, Conn.) and junior Aidan Burke (Wilton, Conn.) started out slow and could not recover in time, falling, 8-5

In singles, the Wolves needed three courts to win and Peschier, at No. 3 and sophomore John Araujo (Danbury, Conn.) at No. 5 both started quickly and won matches convincingly to give WestConn a 4-1 lead in the match. At fourth singles, Harris struggled through the first set but closed it out in a tiebreaker and dominated the second set, 6-0, to clinch the decision. Burke then took his match in straight sets at No. 2 on the ladder.  Tenesaca was up, 5-3, in the second set, after dropping the first set, but could not close it out for a 7-5 loss in the second at the top of the lineup. After losing the first set, Zambrano, came back to win the next two in a impressive fashion to complete the match and 7-2 victory.

"It feels feels great to get the win today, ending a tough stretch over the last few matches," said WestConn Head Coach Shawn Stillman. "It's a much needed conference win. It wasn't pretty though at times. We need to tighten up a few things on the court and match our confidence to our ability. Our guys fought through it and got the job done."