Attention, passengers, the train is now arriving at domination station.

The opponents of the Penn State men's tennis team might as well have heard that when they entered the Penn State Indoor Tennis Center this weekend.

The No. 61 Nittany Lions (7-1) took over the long weekend, playing three matches in two days. They were able to win all three, against St. Bonaventure, Bloomsburg (Division II) and Lafayette, by a score of 7-0 in each match. The fatigue associated with playing up to six matches (singles and doubles combined) in just over 30 hours might have been the most adversity the Lions faced during the weekend.

"I told them, 'You'll find out how tough you are,' " Penn State coach Jan Bortner said. "You're going to find out what kind of shape you're in, playing three in two days."

They found out, all right, finishing the weekend with a dismantling of Lafayette, sweeping every match in straight sets. In fact, the Lions swept every match of the weekend, minus one doubles match against St. Bonaventure on Saturday.

Not one match even made it to three sets, showing how the Lions were able to avoid any letdowns against less talented opponents.

The the opponent who came closest to winning a set in singles was St. Bonaventure's Mario Arce, who lost to Mark Barry 6-4, 6-4, at No. 1 singles. Barry recovered later, shutting out Bloomsburg's Mike McGrath 6-0, 6-0, on Saturday night. The Lions' top singles player went on to earn six team points, three at singles and three more while teaming with Malcolm Scatliffe at No. 1 doubles.

While the score sheet shows the Lions had no trouble this weekend, the team wasn't happy with Saturday's doubles play, dropping the only match of the weekend.

"We got an early lead in a couple matches, and then we got sloppy," Bortner said. "We really didn't put them away -- our guys didn't have the knockout punch."

Bortner said the Lions needed to play more aggressively around the net in doubles. The team knows it has to improve that area to compete in the Big Ten.

"Doubles are the key for us to win in the Big Ten," Scatliffe said. "We usually have to win the doubles point to win the match."

Knowing they needed to make some improvements, the Lions came out yesterday afternoon and shined at doubles, sweeping all three matches.

The most noticeable improvement came from Ryan Berger and Bradley Hunter at the No. 2 spot.

The duo had the sole loss of the weekend, dropping a close 9-7 match to Dejan Stanovic and Andrew Hart of St. Bonaventure. However, they finished the weekend strong, beating Lafayette's duo of Brett Warren and Paul Guarino 8-1.

"We were just playing a lot smarter and a lot more confident," Hunter said. "Just hitting our shots, and not worrying too much about strategy."

The results of playing such a long weekend could not have been much better for the Lions, who will need to show the same toughness once the Big Ten season starts.

"For playing that much tennis in two days, I thought they did very well," Bortner said. "Our guys had a short recovery time, but came out and took care of business."