SHEPHERDSTOWN, W.Va. – Shepherd University (0-1) dropped a 7-0 decision to West Virginia Wesleyan (1-0) in men's tennis action at Shepherd on Saturday. The women's match was canceled. 

The Rams return to action on Sunday when they host UVa-Wise at 1:30 p.m. 

Shepherd (0-1) vs. WV Wesleyan (1-0) 

9-30-23 at Shepherdstown, WV 

WV Wesleyan                    7 

Shepherd                            0 

Singles competition 

Kihiro Karasawa (WVW) def. Sebastian Sevilla (SHEP) 6-2, 6-0  

Gianluca Gerndt (WVW) def. Yuto Shimotsuji (SHEP) 6-2, 6-2 

Takuya Kobayashi (WVW) def. Nicholas Espinoza (SHEP) 6-4, 6-1 

Ricardo Starosta (WVW) def. Curry Taylor (SHEP) 6-3, 6-0 

 Jed Platts (WVW) def. Fabian Telschow (SHEP) 6-0, 6-0 

Luiz Pimenta (WVW) def. Khalid Alsadek (SHEP) 6-0, 6-4 

Doubles competition 

1. Karasawa/Platts (WVW) def. Sevilla/ Shimotsuji (SHEP) 6-4 

2. Starosta/Koibayashi (WVW) def. Espinosa/Taylor (SHEP) 6-4 

3. Gerndt/Vito Muolo (WVW) def. Telschow/Hill (SHEP) 7-6 (7-5)