YORK, PA-The York College men's tennis team posted their fourth straight win as they edged Gettysburg College 5-4 on Monday afternoon in Gettysburg. The Spartans improve to 7-3 for the season while the Bullets fall to 1-2 overall.
    The green and white captured two of the three doubles matches to take the early lead. Ryan Fickes (York, PA/ Dallastown) and Josh Kulp (Souderton, PA/ Homeschooled) combined to win the first doubles 9-7 while  Tim Mowrer (Gordonville, PA/ Pequea Valley) and Joel Trimmer (Hanover, PA/ Hanover) teamed up to earn an 8-5 win in the second doubles. Gettysburg's Matt Salter and Patrick Dempsey earned the 8-2 win at third doubles.
    The Spartans captured the first singles match as Mowrer rolled to a 6-0, 6-1 win. Gettysburg earned wins at third and fourth singles. Kulp notched a 6-3, 7-5 win at fifth singles while the Bullets' Dempsey earned a 6-2, 6-4 win at sixth singles, tying the match at four. That left the Spartans' Fickes and Mike Leary to determine the match. Fickes won the first set 6-0 but Leary took the second set 7-6 (7-4 in the tiebreaker) before Fickes closed out his win and the match with a 6-2 third set victory.
    The Spartans return to action on Sunday when they travel to St. Mary's for a Capital Athletic Conference match.