CLEVELAND, Ohio – The University of Dayton men's tennis team won on the road at Cleveland State 5-2, taking five of six singles matches in the win. Senior Steven Karl picked up his 60^th career singles win, becoming just the tenth Flyer in program history to reach that mark.
 
The Flyers improve to 6-4 on the season, while Cleveland State falls to 0-7 in 2022. Dayton opened by dropping the doubles point in No. 2 and No. 3 doubles, falling behind 1-0 early in the match.
 
Dayton then turned it on during singles play, winning five matches, with three coming in straight sets. Sophomore Ronit Hiryur won his team-leading 11^th match for UD in No. 2 singles, winning 6-4, 7-6 against Kade Mindry.
 
Freshman Eric Perkowski made it 2-1 Dayton in No. 5 singles, taking down Clark Bilinovich in straight sets as well by a score 6-3, 6-2. Perkowski is up to nine singles victories this season, which is the third-most on the team.
 
Senior Will Harper made it 3-1 Flyers in the fourth singles flight. Harper won in straight sets against Raul Teichmann, taking the match 6-3, 6-3 for his fifth win of 2022.
 
Junior Connor Bruce clinched it in the top singles flight, beating Maxime Mareschal-Hay on Court One in a three-setter. Bruce moved into a tie for 24^th in program history with his 33^rd career win. The Pittsburgh, Pa., native now has 33 wins in his career, tying Michael Rohana and now Harper on the career wins list.
 
Karl finished the match with a three-set win of his own over Hugo Chatras, taking the first set 6-4 before dropping the next set 7-6 and forcing a deciding third frame. Karl took the win 10-5 with the match already decided.
 
Dayton will remain on the road, heading to Toledo on Sunday, Feb. 27. The match is scheduled to start at 1 p.m. at UT Varsity Courts in Toledo.