NORFOLK, Virginia – The Virginia Wesleyan University men's tennis team fell to the national ranked #32 Generals 9-0 on Saturday evening indoors at the Folkes-Stevens Tennis Center on the campus of Old Dominion University.
Match Information
Location: Norfolk, VA
Weather: Indoors
Inside the Results:
At one doubles, Mitchell Perry and Felix Bevc fell to Harry Kitteredge and Connor Connor Coleman, 8-4. With the loss, Perry and Bevc fell to 3-2 on the season at the top spot.
At two doubles, senior Anthony Wilson and sophomore Henry West dropped their first match of the season at #2 doubles, falling 8-2 to W&L's Noah Tapp and T.J. Rudden.
Juniors Michael Portera and Connor Cummings also dropped their first match of the season at #3, falling to Mac Morehead and James Torbert.
At the top spot in singles, Felix Bevc retired due to injury after being down 0-3 to Alex Fedor.
Henry West and Michael Portera each fell, 6-3, 6-2 and 6-2, 6-3 respectively.
The match of the night was at #2, where senior Mitchell Perry battled back after dropping the first 0-6 to WL's Evan Brady, before battling back taking the 2nd set 6-4. Brady outlasted Perry in the match tiebreaker 10-7.
Key Stats (Order of Finish):
Doubles: 2, 3, 1
Singles: 1, 3*, 6, 4, 5, 2
*clinch point
Up Next
The Marlins have the week off to prepare for a busy upcoming weekend. On Friday they will travel to Richmond to face the Spiders, match time is set for 3:30 PM. On Saturday they will host ODAC member Shenandoah University. On Sunday, the squad travels to Lynchburg to face U of Lynchburg.
