Emory & Henry Men's Tennis Downs Randolph, 7-2, Saturday At Home

Brandon McGuire goes for a forehand.
-photo courtesy of Joe Matthews

EMORY, Va. - The Emory & Henry College Men's Tennis Team (6-2, 1-2 ODAC) picked up its first Old Dominion Athletic Conference win of the year Saturday afternoon, 7-2, over Randolph College (0-11, 0-5 ODAC).

The Basics
FINAL SCORE - Emory & Henry 7, Randolph 2
LOCATION - Emory, Virginia
VENUE - Richardson Tennis Courts
RECORDS - Emory & Henry (6-2, 1-2 ODAC); Randolph (0-11, 0-5 ODAC)

How It Happened
- Emory & Henry got out to a 2-1 lead after doubles play and picked up another two wins in the first round of singles play.
- Junior Grayson McCarty (Marion, Va.) clinched the match for the Wasps with his 6-3, 6-0 win at No. 4 singles.
- Freshmen Brandon McGuire (Christiansburg, Va.) and Archer Marlow (Oak Ridge, Tenn.) as well as Garrett earned two wins on the day between singles and doubles. Junior Staymon Johnson (Pilot Mountain, N.C.) also made it two wins on the day with an exhibition singles win.

The Results

  Singles   Emory & Henry   Randolph
  Result
               
  No. 1   Brandon McGuire   Alex Kulvivat   E&H - 6-1, 7-5
  No. 2   Archer Marlow   Karson Healy   E&H - 6-4, 7-5
  No. 3   Dalton Shipley   Brandon Braud   RAND - 6-2, 6-0
  No. 4   Grayson McCarty   Andrew Webb   E&H - 6-3, 6-0
  No. 5   Cooper Garrett   Jose Merhej   E&H - 6-0, 6-1
  No. 6   Andrew McClung   John Coffron   E&H - 6-0, 6-2
  No. 7*   Staymon Johnson   Emad Davis   E&H - 8-1
               
  Doubles            
               
  No. 1   McCarty/Shipley   Braud/Healy   RAND - 8-6
  No. 2   Marlow/Garrett   Kulvivat/Webb   E&H - 8-3
  No. 3   Johnson/McGuire   Coffron/Merhej   E&H - 8-2
               
      Final Score   Emory & Henry   7
          Randolph   2
               

Up Next
- Emory & Henry will continue in ODAC play on Sunday when it visits Roanoke College at 1:00 p.m.

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