SALEM, Va. – Visiting Guilford College won all three doubles matches in Sunday’s 7-2 Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) men’s tennis victory at Roanoke College.
The Quakers moved to 5-3 overall (4-1 ODAC) with their third straight win and their fifth triumph in six outings. Roanoke slips to 5-3 (1-1 ODAC).
Guilford’s Turner Votipka and Erik Meiler pulled out an 8-6 first-doubles win over the Maroons’ Joseph Ross and Jose Alvarodo. Aaron Smedley and Trevor Cox made quick work of Roanoke’s Chris Teeple and Jacob Morris, 8-1. Guilford’s third-doubles team of Mason Church and Levi Bruff captured an 8-4 victory over Roanoke’s Matt Del Greco and Holden Branham.
Ross went three sets for a 6-1, 5-7, 6-2 win over Votipka at first singles and Roanoke earned a second point at second singles where Morris downed Cox, 6-2, 6-1. Meiler won at third singles, 5-7, 6-2, 6-3, over Del Greco and Smedley clinched the Quakers’ victory with a fourth-singles triumph over Tim Calame, 7-6, 6-4. Church downed Branham, 6-4, 6-2, at fifth singles and Bruff went three sets to knock off Alvarado, 6-2, 2-6, 6-3.
Coach Dave McCain’s Quakers visit league-rival Hampden-Sydney College Wednesday (3/25) at 3:00 p.m.
Tennis Match Results
Guilford vs Roanoke
Mar 22, 2015 at Salem, VA
(Elizabeth Campus Courts)
Guilford 7, Roanoke 2
Singles competition
1. Joseph Ross (RC) def. Turner Votipka (GC) 6-1, 5-7, 6-2
2. Jacob Morris (RC) def. Trevor Cox (GC) 6-2, 6-1
3. Erik Meiler (GC) def. Matt Del Greco (RC) 5-7, 6-2, 6-3
4. Aaron Smedley (GC) def. Tim Calame (RC) 7-6, 6-4
5. Mason Church (GC) def. Holden Branham (RC) 6-4, 6-2
6. Levi Bruff (GC) def. Jose Alvarodo (RC) 6-2, 2-6, 6-3
Doubles competition
1. Turner Votipka/Erik Meiler (GC) def. Joseph Ross/Jose Alvarodo (RC) 8-6
2. Aaron Smedley/Trevor Cox (GC) def. Chris Teeple/Jacob Morris (RC) 8-1
3. Mason Church/Levi Bruff (GC) def. Matt Del Greco/Holden Branham (RC) 8-4
Match Notes:
Guilford 5-3, 4-1 ODAC
Roanoke 5-3, 1-1 ODAC
Old Dominion Athletic Conferencce match
T-4:50
A-50