Collin Gahagan and Clark Stanton earned victories at singles Monday as Butler’s boys tennis team defeated West Allegheny, 4-1, to begin section play.

The Golden Tornado improved to 3-1 overall, 1-0 in section play. Butler travels to Sewickley Academy Wednesday.

Butler 4, West Allegheny 1

Singles: Connor Dalgaard (WA) def. Andrew Bocci 6-2, 6-2; Collin Gahagan (B) def. Drew Dudeck 6-1, 6-0; Clark Stanton (B) def. Connor Romano 6-1, 6-0

Doubles: Deagan Moore/Xavier Wertz-Rupp (B) def. Luke Dale/Nick Collins 6-2, 6-3; Ben Busler/Wyatt Morgus (B) def. Brett Kot/Jake Kent 6-3, 5-7, 6-2

Knoch 3, Burrell 2 — The Knights (1-2, 1-0) picked up their first win of the season as Jake Santyora and Quinlion Howison won singles matches.

Knoch 3, Burrell 2

Singles: David Frederick (B) def. Kevin Golden 6-4, 1-6, 6-1; Jake Santora (K) def. Noah Kleckner 6-1, 7-6; Quinlin Howison (K) def. Cameron Wagner 6-0, 6-4

Doubles: Justin Walls/Isaac Bruce (K) def. Esau King-Buchak/Maliq Buchak 6-1, 6-3; Nikolas Ferra/Ben Haidze (B) def. Jack Walker/Toby Reynolds 6-4, 6-4