University of Mary Washington first years Ryan Battaglia and Ryan Gipner gained a 6-4, 6-4 victory over Simon Volkema and Nicholas Chen of Williams College in the first round of the ITA Cup small college national championships on Thursday afternoon in Rome, Ga. With the victory, the duo gain ITA All-America honors for the year, as the first round victory is a criteria for inclusion as All-America status.

Battaglia and Gipner will advance to the quarterfinals on Friday, where they will face third seeded Henry Wilson and Sibi Raja of Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges at 1:30 p.m. Live video and result updates can be seen at ITA CUP WEBSITE.