It was a Sunday split for Brian Jordan's men's tennis team in their final matches before Spring Break.

The Scots opened the day's play with a convincing 6-3 win over North Central College before dropping the nightcap to host Illinois Tech 7-2. Monmouth came out of doubles play with the Cardinals enjoying a 3-0 lead. Dylan Wong and Joseph Shie at No. 3 cruised to an 8-1 win while the No. 1 team of Landon Walker and Ronnie Griffin and No. 2 Paulo Pliego and Saxon Day each earned 8-4 wins.

Straight set wins were in play in singles as Walker, Griffin and Shie won their matches at Nos. 2, 3 and 6. Pliego at No. 4 and Day at No. 5 nearly gave the Scots two more singles wins, but fell in three sets. Pliego won his first set 6-4, but fell in two heartbreaking sets 7-6 and 7-5. Day opened strong with a 6-3 first set win, but dropped the next two 6-0, 6-1.

Griffin and Walker won their doubles match in the late contest with Illinois Tech. The pair rolled to an 8-4 win at No. 1. Monmouth nearly had a 2-1 lead coming out of doubles, but Pliego and Day were tripped up at No. 2, 8-6.

Pliego avenged the doubles loss in singles, posting a 6-2, 7-5 win at No. 3, Monmouth's only singles win in the match. Shie again went three sets, dropping the first set 7-5 before rallying back for a 6-2 win in Set 2. The Scarlet Hawks took the tiebreaker 10-7.

Monmouth will be on the road until March 28 when they host Knox in the Midwest Conference opener.