PITTSBURGH, Pa. – The University of Dayton men's tennis team took down St. Bonaventure 6-1 on Saturday at Alpha Tennis & Fitness of Pittsburgh. The Flyers won their conference opener and seniors Steven Karl and Will Harper set the program record for the most wins by a class in program history, winning for the 66^th time in their Dayton careers, passing Jordan Benjamin and Lorenzo Rollhauser for the most all-time.
 
The Flyers improve to 11-6 and 1-0 in conference play. St. Bonaventure falls to 5-8, and 0-2 against A-10 opponents.
 
Dayton opened the match with a win in doubles play. Harper and junior Connor Bruce got the win in No. 1 doubles 6-0 over Stijn Paardekooper and Marco Rivolo. Karl and junior Matt DeMarco gave UD a 1-0 lead in No. 2 doubles over William Schneideman and Luke Riemann 6-2.
 
The Flyers continued that momentum into singles play, dropping just one of six singles matches against the Bonnies. Sophomore Ronit Hiryur won his team-leading 15^th match in No. 2 doubles against Marco Rivolo 6-1, 6-2. Harper put Dayton up 3-0 with a win over Norka Sanchez 6-1, 6-3 before St. Bonaventure took the top singles flight.
 
DeMarco clinched the match for the Flyers in No. 4 singles against William Schneideman 6-3, 6-1. Freshman Eric Perkowski won his 10^th dual singles match and 13^th overall in No. 5 singles over Luke Riemann 6-2, 6-3, with senior Steven Karl closing the match with his 63^rd career singles victory, one behind Benjamin and Brad Nykiel for eighth in program history.
 
The Flyers will return to finish the weekend with a 1 p.m. match against Duquesne at Alpha Tennis & Fitness of Pittsburgh.