Two concepts of doubles play are the serve and the return. Both are starting to pay off for the Penn State men's tennis team.

The most prominent return could be that of senior Roddy Cantey, who saw his first action this weekend.

The Nittany Lions picked up two wins, 7-0 against Duquesne on Saturday and 6-1 against St. Bonaventure yesterday.

In both victories the Lions captured the opening doubles point, the first times they have done so this season.

"I think our guys knew [St. Bonaventure was] good. That kept us focused," Penn State men's tennis coach Jan Bortner said.

Bortner emphasized that although the doubles pairings showed up this weekend, they still need to keep improving their chemistry.

"We've played a couple matches together. Right now, we're just getting used to each other's patterns," senior Clint Keithley said of his first doubles paring. "Malcolm [Scatliffe] is so quick, I just try to keep up."

The quickness of Scatliffe proved to be too much for the Bonnies, who, after dropping the doubles point, watched the Lions dominate singles play, including Scatliffe's 7-5, 3-6, 6-4 win against Mario Arce.

The win put the Lions up 4-0, putting the match away.

The Lions played with confidence throughout the match, winning four of the six singles matches in straight sets. A huge source of motivation was the return of Cantey, undoubtedly one of the team's leaders.

Cantey played through pain with determination in his first singles action in weeks, but dropped the only match for the Lions, falling 6-3, 3-6, 2-6 to St. Bonaventure's Nikhil Murali.

However, Cantey was happy with his play, as he had been out for several weeks with a knee injury.

"I was out for almost a month, so my rhythm wasn't 100 percent there," Cantey said. "I felt I was always in the match, and I'm happy with the way I played."

On Saturday the Lions traveled to meet Duquesne on the carpet-surfaced courts in Altoona. The match was an easy win for the Lions, with every player winning his match. Cantey saw his fist action of the spring, winning third doubles in a pairing with freshman Bradley Hunter.

However, the trip was a chance for the team to test itself in adapting to a new surface and playing away from home.

Bortner praised his team in smoothly making the adjustments it will need to make when traveling on the road in Big Ten play.