Virginia Wesleyan Men's Tennis Blanks Emory & Henry, 9-0, Saturday Afternoon

Dalton Shipley ready to return a serve.
-photo courtesy of Taylor Jefferson

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - The Virginia Wesleyan University Men's Tennis Team (2-3, 1-0 ODAC) picked up a 9-0 sweep of visiting Emory & Henry College (2-1, 0-1 ODAC) Saturday in Old Dominion Athletic Conference action.

The Basics
FINAL SCORE - Virginia Wesleyan 9, Emory & Henry 0
LOCATION - Virginia Beach, Virginia
VENUE
- Everett Tennis Center
RECORDS - Emory & Henry (2-1, 0-1 ODAC); Virginia Wesleyan (2-3, 1-0 ODAC)

How It Happened
- Virginia Wesleyan jumped out to a 3-0 lead after doubles play and never looked back as it won all six singles flights on the way to the 9-0 victory.
- Freshman Archer Marlow (Oak Ridge, Tenn.) and senior Andrew McClung (Roanoke, Va.) battled at No. 2 doubles, but fell by an 8-4 score.

The Results

  Singles   Emory & Henry   Virginia Wesleyan
  Result
               
  No. 1   Brandon McGuire   Paul Gladstone   VWU - 6-2, 6-0
  No. 2   Archer Marlow   Nick Gunther   VWU - 6-0, 6-2
  No. 3   Dalton Shipley   Andreas Combos   VWU - 6-0, 6-0
  No. 4   Cooper Garrett   Timothy Tep   VWU - 6-0, 6-0
  No. 5   Andrew McClung   Mitchell Perry   VWU - 6-0, 6-0
  No. 6   Henry Quesenberry   Anthony Wilson   VWU - 6-1, 6-1
  No. 7*   Staymon Johnson   Michael Portera   VWU - 6-1
               
  Doubles            
               
  No. 1   Garrett/Shipley   Perry/Gunther   VWU - 8-1
  No. 2   Marlow/McClung   Gladstone/Portera   VWU - 8-4
  No. 3   Johnson/McGuire   Wilson/Tep   VWU - 8-3
               
      Final Score   Virginia Wesleyan   9
          Emory & Henry   0
               

Up Next
- Emory & Henry will visit Randolph-Macon College on Sunday morning at 9:00 a.m.

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