TRUMBULL, Conn. – After claiming a tightly-contested doubles point, the Boston University men's tennis earned three singles points in straight sets en route to a 5-2 victory at Sacred Heart Sunday evening.

With a perfect weekend following Saturday's win at Fordham, the Terriers improve to 3-2, as the Pioneers dropped to 0-5.

In doubles play, senior Johann Sajonz and sophomore Alejandro Licea cruised to a 6-1 win at line 2. The Pioneers broke late for a 7-5 victory on court No. 1, but the Terriers pulled out the doubles point with sophomores Corey Craig and Jakob Esterowitz edging Sacred Heart in the tiebreaker for a 7-6(3) win in the No. 3 slot.

Craig carried the momentum to a 6-3, 6-3 at line 1 in singles action. Licea was also unbeaten on the day with a 6-3, 7-5, victory on court No. 2, and senior Jonah Dickson added the other straight-sets win in a 7-6(4), 7-5 decision in the No. 5 slot.

Freshman Gustavs Dambins captured the fifth point by holding off Darius Eftekhar in a 6-4, 4-6, 7-6(3) win at line 6.

Junior Cole Knutsen rallied from a set down in the No. 3 match after dropping a tiebreaker to force a third set but ultimately came. up just short, 7-6, 3-6, 6-3.  The Pioneers earned their other singles point with a 6-3, 6-2, win in the No. 4 slot.

The Terriers will next compete in a doubleheader on Saturday (Feb. 10), first visiting MIT at 1 p.m. and then facing Stonehill at the Waltham Athletic Club with a 6:45 p.m. start time.

Boston University - 5, Sacred Heart - 2

SINGLES
1) Corey Craig (BU) def. Lefteri Apostolou (SHU): 6-3, 6-3
2) Alejandro Licea (BU) def. Matyas Venl (SHU): 6-3, 7-5
3) Antoine Hernandez (SHU) def. Cole Knutsen (BU): 7-6, 3-6, 6-3
4) Enrique Laennec-Baffrey (SHU) def. Ben Letzer (BU): 6-3, 6-2
5) Jonah Dickson (BU) def. Charlie Levinson (SHU): 7-6(4), 7-5
6) Gustavs Dambins (BU) def. Darius Eftekhar (SHU): 6-4, 4-6, 7-6(3)

DOUBLES
1) Apostolou/Laennec-Baffrey (SHU) def. Dickson/Knutsen (BU): 7-5
2) Johann Sajonz / Licea (BU) def. Levinson/Hernandez (SHU): 6-1
3) Craig/Esterowitz (BU) def. Vencl/Eftekhar (SHU): 7-6(3)