BRADFORD, Pa. -- Coming into their second game in two days, the Franciscan University men's tennis team beat AMCC opponent the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford, 9-0. This marks the first match since their trip to Florida where the Barons competed in favorable weather. Franciscan took advantage of the conditions and cruised to victory while being led by Assistant Head Coach Shannon Irvin.

"We went in and gave it our all today," Irvin said. "Playing in the cold weather like we have been has forced our guys to adjust their playing style. Today, they were able to play their type of game and we did really well."

The Barons, who are in the middle of a three day road trip, were firing on all cylinders against the Panthers who only scored three volleys the entire match. Individually, team captain Paul Jarzynka set the standard by winning both his singles and doubles matches 8-0.

"Matches like today require a lot of focus," Jarzynka said. "I was really hitting my returns well and I hope to take this momentum into tomorrow."

Jarzynka's partnership with junior Brian Robau has created one of the most dominant doubles teams FUS has ever had. Both have been preparing and focused for Sunday's match against the reigning AMCC champions Penn State-Behrend for nearly a year. If the Barons win they will improve to 6-0 in the conference and solidify the number one spot in the conference championship tournament.

"I expect to win tomorrow," Jarzynka said. "We have been practicing a lot and have put a lot of focus on our doubles play in preparation. Brian [Robau] and I have great chemistry after playing together for two years and when we are focused we can beat anybody."

Jarzynka and Robau stand as the only team on the roster to beat a Division II school in doubles play; they beat Palm Beach Atlantic in doubles play during the teams time in Florida over spring break.

Irvin echoed her player's confidence citing Franciscan's tough weekend as a blessing in disguise.

"Playing two consecutive games like we did really helps us," Irvin said. "We prefer to play back to back because we have gotten in more workouts and match play in this weekend than we have in the past two weeks due to bad weather."

FUS will look to solidify their position atop the AMCC tomorrow in tomorrow's road match-up with the Behrend Lions, who were also undefeated going into their Saturday match.