It was game, set, match Saturday at the Darling Courts as the Panther men’s and women’s tennis teams played host to and defeated Ohio Valley Conference opponent Austin Peay State University.

The men (5-5) have strung together three consecutive wins, including a 4-0 drudging of the Flames form the University of Illinois-Chicago on Friday, and reached the .500 winning percentage plateau for the first time, since the first two meets of the season, when they shutout the Governors 7-0.

“I’m a little taken back by (the victory),” said head coach Brian Holzgrafe. “For us to come out on top and beat them 7-0 that’s substantial. I’m blown away. It says a lot for their character.”

Their singles roster swept the Governors (2-7) with victories by Lukasz Pluta 6-4,6-2; Brandon Blankenbaker 6-3, 4-6, 6-2; Kyle White 6-4, 7-6 (9-7); Andy Baker 6-0, 6-0; Jason Braun 6-0, 6-1 and Jeff Rhodes who won by default.

Eastern won the doubles point with victories by the pairings of Pluta-Baker 8-6 and White-Rhodes.

“Our strengths have been removed,” said Holzgrafe. “And we’re still able to maintain a level of character that, as of shown today, was dominating.”

The women (3-5) bounced back from a tough loss to Butler University and put a hurting on the Lady Governors (3-5) from Austin Peay, 6-1.

The singles roster for the women won all but one of the matchups. Victories by Becky Brunner 6-1, 6-0; Sarah Freeman 6-3, 6-2; Yovita Widyadharma 6-0, 6-0; Amber Lenfert 6-1, 6-0; Kristi Martin 6-2, 6-1 propelled the Panthers to grab their third victory of the season. Becky Carlson lost a close match 3-6, 6-0, 1-6.

They, also, picked up the doubles point with blowout victories by the Brunner-Freeman 8-2 and Widyadharma-Martin 8-0