GREENVILLE, Ill. - The men's tennis team clinched the No. 1 seed in the upcoming SLIAC tournament with a 7-2 win against Principia on Tuesday in Greenville. With the win, Greenville ended Principia's four-season reign as regular season champion, spanning five years.

Greenville's doubles pairings of No. 1 Andres Sanchez and Rafael Rodriguez along with No. 3 Austin Burkhart and Thibaut Tignee started the match with identical 8-5 wins.

Entering singles competition with a 2-1 lead, Greenville secured the match with Tignee's 6-3, 6-3 victory in No. 6 singles.

Greenville recorded wins in the No. 2 through No. 6 slots.

No. 2 Rodriguez went to a tiebreaker before finishing with a 4-6, 6-1, 10-4 win.

No. 3 Clark Kent captured a 6-3, 6-2 triumph, and No. 4 Luke Motsinger grabbed a 6-1, 6-0 win.

In No. 5 singles, Burkhart rolled to dominating 6-0, 6-1 victory

The Greenville Panthers (17-2, 3-0 SLIAC) host Rose-Hulman on Saturday at 11 a.m. in their final match of the regular season. In the SLIAC tournament on May 6, Greenville will attempt to become the third school to win the tournament championship. The title went to Principia 18 times, and Westminster won the other 12 championships.  Greenville won the regular season championship in 1999, and this is the third time GU enters the tournament as the top seed.