LAKELAND, Fla. – Seventh-ranked Florida Southern defeated the Bentley University men's tennis team 7-2 Monday afternoon in non-conference men's tennis.

The Moccasins improve to 7-3 on the season with their third straight win, while Bentley drops to 4-3 with the loss.

Florida Southern swept the doubles, but Bentley took two points in singles. Junior Victor Suski (West Hartford, Conn./Williams Hall) defeated Tejas Krishnan 6-2, 6-3 in number five singles and freshman Andrew Waddington (Granby, Conn./Granby Memorial) bested Kirk Kucin 7-5, 7-5 in number six singles.

Bentley is back in action Wednesday afternoon at Florida Tech.

Box Score

At Lakeland, Fla.

Florida Southern 7, Bentley 2

Doubles

No. 1 Ivan Marevic/Brian deMontfort (FS) def. Lucas Weaver/Rodrigo Ribeiro (B) 8-6

No. 2 C.J. Johnson/Benoit Paradis (FS) def. Zach Tuckman/Alec Spycher (B) 8-3

No. 3 Jorge Gutierrez/Nathan Leavitt (FS) def. Victor Suski/Andrew Waddington (B) 8-4

Singles

No. 1 Paradis (FS) def. Weaver (B) 6-2, retired

No. 2 Johnson (FS) def. Ribeiro (B) 6-3, 6-4

No. 3 Gutierrez (FS) def. Tuckman (B) 6-0, 6-3

No. 4 Leavitt (FS) def. Spycher (B) 6-0, 6-1

No. 5 Suski (B) def. Tejas Krishnan (FS) 6-2, 6-3

No. 6 Waddington (B) def. Kirk Kucin (FS) 7-5, 7-5