It's quite a feat for a tennis team to win a meet without losing one set. But when a team wins five-of-nine matches by a score of 6-0, 6-1 or better, it's simply a mismatch.

The men's tennis team (8-1) proved to be far too tough for Robert Morris University last night at the Penn State Tennis Club.

Penn State's first two seeds, Eduardo Abril and Greg Gaunt, each defeated their respective opponents -- Andy Dudla and Alex Hills -- without losing one game. Kevin Mullen did the same in the sixth seed.

Mullen, along with Marc Payne and Brett Pollak saw their first singles action of the season.

"(Mullen, Payne and Pollak are) three guys that work hard in practice and do not get a lot of competitive opportunities," Coach Jan Bortner said. "This gives them a chance to get out there and get experience. For the young players, you need to get them out there and get them some experience."

"I wish (the competition) could have been tougher," Abril said. "I just tried to practice some things that I needed to work on and everything came out pretty good."

Abril has been playing for the past week with a taped left ankle after twisting it last Tuesday against Temple.

"It bothers me a little bit," he said. "The pain is gone, but it limits (my) mobility around the court."

Corey Goldstein, playing in the third seed, defeated Vince Rodi 6-0, 6-1. In the fourth slot, Payne beat Adam DeMarco, 6-3, 6-2. Goldstein and Payne then teamed together in the first doubles seed to defeat Dudla and Hills, 6-1, 6-4.

Pollak had little trouble disposing of Dhu Ngo, 6-2, 6-2, in the fifth seed. Pollak played in his first match of the season on Sunday, when he teamed with Mullen in the third-seed doubles. He had been out for the entire year with a wrist injury.

"After I play for (a while) it gets sore, but it's getting better," said Pollak, who sat with his right wrist wrapped in ice following his match. "It's been tough coming back. I was hoping to be at full strength somewhere around the beginning of the season.

"I've got a long way to go. My game's at about 75 percent right now. I'm trying to get back (to full strength) by the end of the season. My confidence is getting better, my footwork is getting better --everything's coming together."

"It was good to see (Brett) out there with some real competition," Bortner said. "He hit a lot of shots well. He was serving well and he showed good quickness. He had some good signs in this match (but) he's got to be (more) offensive-minded and aggressive."

In other doubles action, Brett Englesberg and Ivan Spinner continued their winning ways, trashing Rodi and Ngo 6-0, 6-1. Mullen and Chad Skorupka blew by DeMarco and Ken Muro, 6-1, 6-1.

The Lions went 3-1 over their homestand, and will leave today for a Big Ten weekend against Minnesota and Iowa.