The University of Mary Washington men's tennis team split its Saturday matches with \#11 North Carolina Wesleyan College and Averett University. The Eagles fell in the morning to the Bishops, 8-1, before topping the Cougars, 7-2.
Freshman
Will Apperson provided the Eagles with their only point in the NC Wesleyan match, winning at four singles, 6-2, 6-4.
The Eagles swept all three doubles matches against Averett, before picking up wins at 1, 4, 5, and 6 singles.
The Eagles will host the University of Chicago on Friday at 3:30 p.m.
\#11 N.C. Wesleyan 8, \#23 Mary Washington 1
Singles competition
1. Antti Saari (NCWC) def.
Kaz Murata (UMW) 6-1, 6-3
2. Kalle Nikunen (NCWC) def.
Sam Wichlin (UMW) 7-5, 3-6, 10-7
3. Alexey Rumyantsev (NCWC) def.
Riley Baver (UMW) 6-0, 2-6, 10-8
4.
Will Apperson (UMW) def. Fred Lemongo (NCWC) 6-2, 6-4
5. Artsiom Prostak (NCWC) def.
Evan Goff (UMW) 6-4, 6-4
6. Clayton Sonn (NCWC) def.
Brian Hope (UMW) 6-2, 6-2
Doubles competition
1. Anton Filonov/Antti Saari (NCWC) def.
Evan Goff/
Kaz Murata (UMW) 8-3
2. Marcelo Prata/Artsiom Prostak (NCWC) def.
Andrew Frisk/
Brian Hope (UMW) 8-4
3. Clayton Sonn/Alexey Rumyantsev (NCWC) def.
Riley Baver/
Sam Wichlin (UMW) 8-1
Mary Washington 7, Averett University 2
Singles competition
1. RUIZ, Xavier (AUM) def.
Sam Wichlin (UMW) 7-6 (8-6), 3-6, 7-6 (8-4)
2.
Kaz Murata (UMW) def. LEMBKE, Davis (AUM) 6-1, 6-2
3. ORLOV, Kiril (AUM) def.
Riley Baver (UMW) 2-6, 7-6 (8-6), 10-5
4.
Evan Goff (UMW) def. FAIDUTTI, Bruno (AUM) 6-2, 6-1
5.
Brian Hope (UMW) def. BASON, Perry (AUM) 6-1, 6-0
6.
Andrew Frisk (UMW) def. No player (AUM), by default
Doubles competition
1.
Evan Goff/
Kaz Murata (UMW) def. LEMBKE, Davis/RUIZ, Xavier (AUM) 8-5
2.
Brian Hope/
Andrew Frisk (UMW) def. ORLOV, Kiril/FAIDUTTI, Bruno (AUM) 8-6
3.
Riley Baver/
Sam Wichlin (UMW) def. No player/No player (AUM), by default
