ASHLAND, Va. – Guilford College’s men’s tennis team improved to 6-1 in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) with a 6-3 road win at Randolph-Macon College (4-7, 1-4 ODAC) Friday afternoon. The contest was originally scheduled for Feb. 19, but postponed due to rain.
The Quakers (9-6, 6-1 (ODAC) jumped out to a 3-0 lead by sweeping the doubles matches, including an 8-1 win by the top tandem of Tyler Mercier and Clayton Hamilton (Greensboro, N.C./Page (Greensboro)).
Mercier, the reigning ODAC Men’s Tennis Player of the Week, saw his seven-match singles winning streak end when the Yellow Jackets’ Mederick Ceril pulled out a 6-3, 1-6, 6-4 win at first singles. Ceril has won 10 straight singles bouts. Guilford’s Turner Votiplka and Hamilton claimed straight-set wins at second and third singles, respectively. Ben Nelson edged former Guilford teammate Joe Cox, 3-6, 6-4, 10-8, at sixth singles.
Guilford hosts Emory & Henry College Sunday at 1:00 p.m. in a meeting of two teams with 6-1 league records.
Tennis Match Results
Guilford vs Randolph-Macon
Mar 30, 2012 at Ashland, VA
Guilford – 6
Randolph-Macon – 3
Singles competition
1. Mederick Ceril (R-MC) def. Tyler Mercier (GC) 6-3, 1-6, 6-4
2. Turner Votipka (GC) def. Chandler Weston (R-MC) 6-1, 6-0
3. Clayton Hamilton (GC) def. Connor Hoerr (R-MC) 6-3, 6-2
4. Ira Usry (R-MC) def. Colin Rapp (GC) 4-6, 6-4, 10-7
5. Frank Donelly (R-MC) def. Mark Cheong (GC) 5-7, 6-2, 10-3
6. Ben Nelson (GC) def. Joe Cox (R-MC) 3-6, 6-4, 10-8
Doubles competition
1. Tyler Mercier/Clayton Hamilton (GC) def. Mederick Ceril/Chandler Weston (R-MC) 8-1
2. Colin Rapp/Turner Votipka (GC) def. Connor Hoerr/Ira Usry (R-MC) 8-4
3. Charlie Smith/Ben Nelson (GC) def. Frank Donelly/Joe Cox (R-MC) 8-3
Match Notes:
Guilford 9-6, 6-1 ODAC
Randolph-Macon 4-7, 1-4 ODAC
Old Dominion Athletic Conference match
T-3:15
A-25