Box Score FAYETTEVILLE, North Carolina - The Virginia Wesleyan men's tennis team defeated the Monarchs of Methodist University 5-4 in an match on Friday afternoon in Fayetteville, NC. The win is the first for the Marlins over the Monarchs since 2000.
INSIDE THE RESULTS
- Action began with the doubles teams going against each other with MU taking two of the three bouts.
- Felix Bevc and Mitchell Perry paired up at No. 1 doubles and 8-3 to Jordan Theron and Quinn McNamara of Methodist.
- Cam Perry and Tim Tep fell at No. 2 doubles in a closely contested match that went to a tiebreaker with the Monarchs pull off the win 8-7 (8-6).
- Francis Cabbadu and Henry West matched up at No. 3 doubles and claimed the only doubles match for VWU winning 8-4.
- Moving in to singles action, the Marlins claimed four of the six singles bouts to edge past the Monarchs and win the match 5-4.
- Bevc fell at No. 1 singles 6-1, 6-2.
- Mitchell Perry won his match at No. 2 in a closely contested bout 7-5, 7-6 (10-3).
- Tep dropped his bout at No. 3 singles 6-3, 6-4.
- Cabaddu won at No. 4 singles 6-2, 7-6 (10-4), while West won 6-1, 6-3 at No. 5 singles.
- Rounding up the action was Cam Perry who gave up two games in each set to win 6-2 .6-2, at No. 6.
NEXT UP
The Marlins are back in action again tomorrow when they head to Rocky Mount, NC, to face the North Carolina Wesleyan Battling Bishops in the 'Battle of the Wesleyan's'. First serve is set for 1 PM.
