The No. 66 George Washington men's tennis team defeated local foe George Mason, 6-1, on Saturday afternoon at the GW Tennis Center on the Mount Vernon Campus. The last time the Colonials (10-5) and the Patriots (9-5) met was during the 2002 season when GW blanked Mason, 7-0.

The Buff and Blue opened the match with a doubles sweep. The No. 1 tandem of junior Ulrik Thomsen and senior Alexander van Gils downed Mason's Tanner Baine and Taylor Sargent, 8-4, and the No. 2 duo of junior Nikita Fomin and freshman Danil Zelenkov defeated Jimmy Davis and Scott Keaton, 9-7. Fresh off its No. 80 national ranking, the No. 3 team of sophomore Francisco Dias and senior Leonardo Lapentti earned an 8-5 decision over Christopher Borden and Jordan Dyke.

In the No. 6 singles match, freshman Aaron Capitel earned the Patriots lone point after defeating Viktor Svensson, 6-4, 6-4. In No. 1 singles play, Jordan Dyke took the first set to Fomin, 6-2, but the next two sets by 6-1, 10-7 scores.

#66 George Washington 6, George Mason 1

Singles

No. 1-- Nikita Fomin (GW) def. Jordan Dyke (GMU) – 2-6, 6-1, 10-7

No. 2 --Francisco Dias (GW) def. Jimmy Davis (GMU) – 6-3, 6-4

No. 3 --Danil Zelenkov (GW) def. Tanner Baine (GMU) – 6-1, 6-0

No. 4 --Alexander van Gils (GW) def. Scott Keaton (GMU) – 6-3, 6-1

No. 5 --Ulrik Thomsen (GW) def. Taylor Sargent (GMU) – 6-1, 6-0

No. 6 --Aaron Capitel (GMU) def. Viktor Svensson (GW) – 6-4, 6-4

Doubles

No. 1 -- Ulrik Thomsen/Alexander van Gils (GW) def. Tanner Baine/Taylor Sargent (GMU) – 8-4

No. 2 --Nikita Fomin/Danil Zelenkov (GW) def. Jimmy Davis/Scott Keaton (GMU) – 9-7

No. 3 --#80 Francisco Dias/Leonardo Lapentti (GW) def. Christopher Borden/Jordan Dyke (GMU) --8-5