SALEM, Va. - The Roanoke College Men's Tennis Team (3-5, 2-1 ODAC) rallied from a 2-1 deficit after doubles play to pick up a 5-4 victory over Emory & Henry College (6-3, 1-3 ODAC) Sunday afternoon.
The Basics
FINAL SCORE - Roanoke 5, Emory & Henry 4
LOCATION - Salem, Virginia
VENUE - Elizabeth Campus
RECORDS - Emory & Henry (6-3, 1-3 ODAC); Roanoke (3-5, 2-1 ODAC)
How It Happened
- Emory & Henry got out to a 2-1 lead after the doubles portion of the match as freshman Archer Marlow (Oak Ridge, Tenn.) and junior Cooper Garrett (Gate City, Va.) posted a 8-4 victory.
- Freshman Brandon McGuire (Christiansburg, Va.) and senior Andrew McClung (Roanoke, Va.) won, 8-7, at the third doubles flight.
- Garrett earned a three-set victory at No. 5 singles while McClung won by retirement in the first set at No. 6.
The Results
| Singles | Emory & Henry | Roanoke |
Result | ||||
| No. 1 | Brandon McGuire | Grayson White | RC - 6-4, 6-4 | ||||
| No. 2 | Archer Marlow | Jack Fishwick | RC - 6-2, 6-1 | ||||
| No. 3 | Dalton Shipley | Jack Doriss | RC - 6-1, 6-0 | ||||
| No. 4 | Grayson McCarty | Thomas Hodges | RC - 6-4, 6-4 | ||||
| No. 5 | Cooper Garrett | Alston Martin | E&H - 2-6, 6-4, 1-0 (10-5) | ||||
| No. 6 | Andrew McClung | Michael Morrell | E&H - 3-3, ret. | ||||
| Doubles | |||||||
| No. 1 | McCarty/Shipley | White/Fishwick | RC - 8-2 | ||||
| No. 2 | Marlow/Garrett | Hodges/Doriss | E&H - 8-4 | ||||
| No. 3 | McClung/McGuire | Morrell/Martin | E&H - 8-7 | ||||
| Final Score | Roanoke | 5 | |||||
| Emory & Henry | 4 | ||||||
Up Next
- Emory & Henry will return home for an ODAC match against the University of Lynchburg next Sunday at 1:30 p.m.
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