Randolph Women's Tennis Escapes Emory & Henry, 5-4, Saturday Afternoon

Kaiti Sheaves hits a forehand.
-photo courtesy of Joe Matthews

EMORY, Va. - The Randolph College Women's Tennis Team (6-5, 4-1 ODAC) earned a 5-4 Old Dominion Athletic Conference win over Emory & Henry College (8-2, 1-2 ODAC) Saturday afternoon.

The Basics
FINAL SCORE - Randolph 5, Emory & Henry 4
LOCATION - Emory, Virginia
VENUE - Richardson Tennis Courts
RECORDS - Emory & Henry (8-2, 1-2 ODAC); Randolph (6-5, 4-1 ODAC)

How It Happened
- The WildCats got out to a 2-1 lead after the doubles portion of the match. The E&H tandem of senior Tessa Johnston (High Point, N.C.) and freshman Cailie Pollard (Rural Retreat, Va.) earned an 8-2 win at No. 3. Wasp senior Vanna Summers (Bluff City, Tenn.) and freshman Logan Graham (Radford, Va.) came up two points short in a tiebreak at the second doubles flight.
- Summers and Graham posted singles wins at No. 3 and No. 5, respectively, both winning their second sets in tiebreaks. Senior Bri Pierce (Purlear, N.C.) claimed a 6-2, 6-2 victory at No. 6.

The Results

  Singles   Emory & Henry   Randolph   Result
               
  No. 1   Katie Meade   Keyu Jin   RAND - 6-0, 6-0
  No. 2   Kaitlyn Sheaves   Ashley Schmitz   RAND - 6-1, 6-1
  No. 3   Vanna Summers   Savana Mata   E&H - 6-4, 7-6 (7-1)
  No. 4   Tessa Johnston   Sarah Mueller   RAND - 6-2, 6-2
  No. 5
  Logan Graham   Ranita Opuku-Sarfo   E&H - 6-1, 7-6 (7-5)
  No. 6
  Bri Pierce   Kristyn Underwood   E&H - 6-2, 6-2
  No. 7*   Cailie Pollard   Jordan Kirkpatrick   E&H - 8-2
               
  Doubles            
               
  No. 1   Meade/Sheaves   Jin/Schmitz   RAND - 8-0
  No. 2   Summers/Graham   Lauren Appel/Mueller   RAND - 8-7 (7-5)
  No. 3   Johnston/Pollard   Mata/Opuku-Sarfo   E&H - 8-2
               
      Final Score   Randolph
  5
          Emory & Henry   4
               

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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