The Virginia Wesleyan men's tennis team (5-6, 3-1 ODAC) defeated Hampden-Sydney College in conference play, winning 4-3.
The Rullan Zarraga twins seized a 6-3 victory at #2 doubles, but the Tigers' pair of Foster and Davis won at the top slot over
Sebastien Muller and
Hovo Madanyan by a score of 6-4.
Tudor Vlad and
Frieso ter Schiphorst captured the doubles point for VWU at #3 with a 6-3 win.
Hampden-Sydney leveled the score at 1-1 as Emerson Rice defeated
Sebastien Muller by a score of 6-1, 6-3 at #4 singles.
Sainandan Challagundla finished next with a 6-3, 6-1 win at the sixth position; and soon after
Hovo Madanyan also won in straight sets at #5 to put the Marlins ahead 3-1.
At #2,
Rafael Rullan Zarraga fell to Thomas Davis by a score of 6-4, 7-6 (6) to bring the score to 3-2.
Francis Cabaddu clinched the match in a three set battle over Dillon Reynolds, winning 6-4, 1-6, 6-1.
Last to
Tudor Vlad was last to finish in a close loss at #1 to Barrett Foster by a score of 6-7, 7-5, 11-9.
On Sunday, March 30, the VWU men's tennis team will host Shenandoah University for an ODAC contest at 10 a.m.
