SALEM, Va. - The Roanoke College Women's Tennis Team (7-3, 5-1 ODAC) got out to a 3-0 lead after doubles play and sealed the match with wins at the top two singles flights over Emory & Henry College (8-3, 1-3 ODAC), 7-2 Sunday afterenoon in Old Dominion Athletic Conference play.
The Basics
FINAL SCORE - Roanoke 7, Emory & Henry 2
LOCATION - Salem, Virginia
VENUE - Elizabeth Campus
RECORDS - Emory & Henry (8-3, 1-3 ODAC); Roanoke (7-3, 5-1 ODAC)
How It Happened
- The Maroons opened the match with three wins at doubles. Senior Tessa Johnston (High Point, N.C.) and freshman Cailie Pollard (Rural Retreat, Va.) battled to an 8-6 defeat at the third flight.
- In singles, senior Vanna Summers (Bluff City, Tenn.) won by a 6-4, 6-3 margin at No. 3 while senior Bri Pierce (Purlear, N.C.) took a 6-3, 7-5 victory at No. 5.
The Results
| Singles | Emory & Henry | Roanoke | Result | ||||
| No. 1 | Katie Meade | Jessica Kennedy | RC - 6-0, 6-2 | ||||
| No. 2 | Kaitlyn Sheaves | Carolyn Kitsock | RC - 6-1, 6-1 | ||||
| No. 3 | Vanna Summers | Madeline Herring | E&H - 6-4, 6-3 | ||||
| No. 4 | Logan Graham | Janny Alvarado | RC - 7-6, 6-2 | ||||
| No. 5 |
Bri Pierce | Kelly MacCluen | E&H - 6-3, 7-5 | ||||
| No. 6 |
Cailie Pollard | Arabella Goralski | RC - 6-0, 6-1 | ||||
| Doubles | |||||||
| No. 1 | Meade/Sheaves | Kennedy/Herring | RC - 8-1 | ||||
| No. 2 | Summers/Graham | Alvarado/Kitsock | RC - 8-2 | ||||
| No. 3 | Tessa Johnston/Pollard | MacCluen/Sophie Bartholomaus | RC - 8-6 | ||||
| Final Score | Roanoke |
7 | |||||
| Emory & Henry | 2 | ||||||
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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