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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