The No. 54 men’s tennis team had every reason to be frustrated entering this weekend.

The team was 7-8 on the season and 0-2 in the ACC, and to make matters worse, six of the team’s eight losses had come down to one point.

All that changed this weekend though, as the team not only picked up a pair of conference wins, but it did so decisively, sweeping both Boston College and Maryland 7-0 on Friday and Saturday, respectively.

“We put it together these last couple of days,” coach Jon Choboy said. “We’ve been talking quite a bit about the way we’ve been losing. Even in our losses, we’ve had match points and haven’t been able to put it away, as opposed to getting handled. We realized we needed to execute a little bit better.”

The Pack dominated Boston College 7-0 on Friday, winning every doubles match to set the tone for singles, where the team completed the sweep.

The team then carried that momentum into a match against No. 53 Maryland on Saturday, where the doubles point became even more critical in the win, Choboy said.

Though the duo of senior Nick Cavaday and junior Jay Weinacker trailed early in No. 1 doubles, the duo battled back to clinch the doubles point for the Pack.

“We were down two at No. 1 doubles, and we turned it around,” Choboy said. “It turned out that gave us the doubles point. To get that doubles point really gave our team some confidence for the rest of the match.”

In singles, the Pack again swept its competition with every player winning in two sets, with exception of junior transfer Derek Stephens, who won 1-6, 6-2, 6-2.

The pair of wins moves State to 9-8 on the season and evens its conference record at 2-2, which puts the team in a competitive position in the conference standings, Choboy said.

“Everyone in the ACC is beating everybody,” Choboy said. “With these wins, we’re right in the mix.”

Even more important, Choboy said, is that the Pack has gained some confidence after losing several close matches early in the season.

“The rankings at this stage don’t really mean a whole lot,” Choboy said. “But we’re a good team. I think it just establishes a nice mentality and that we’re hopefully starting to hit our stride.”

Choboy said it was about this time last year that the Pack began to click on all cylinders. Last year’s team finished with the most successful season in school history, culminating with an Elite Eight appearance.

“We’re getting things situated as far as doubles combinations,” Choboy said. “And we hit our stride around this time last year. We’ve just unfortunately come up on the wrong end of some close ones this year. But to come out and really go at it really well as a team, it gives them a good feeling before [facing] Georgia Tech and Clemson.”