GREENSBORO, N.C. – Matt Kessler pulled out a 6-2, 7-6 (10-8) win at second singles to clinch Roanoke College’s 5-4 Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) men’s tennis triumph at Guilford College Sunday.
The Maroons improve to 7-6 (6-2 ODAC). Guilford drops to 4-9 (4-5 ODAC) with the loss.
Kessler paired with Jacob Morris for a narrow first-doubles victory over the Quakers’ Erik Meiler and Aaron Smedley. They needed a tiebreaker for a 9-8 (8-1) win. Holden Branham and Joey Ross edged the Quakers’ Chasen Chacon and Graham Pearson, 8-5, for the Maroons’ second doubles point at number-two doubles.
Guilford’s Levi Bruff and Mesa Martorell remained unbeaten in league play at third doubles with an 8-3 win over Roanoke’s Jose Alvarado and Chris Teeple.
Ross scored a 6-2, 3-6, 6-2 first-singles win over Meiler for his second triumph of the day. Morris’ 6-4, 6-0 victory over Mason Church at third singles marked his second win of the afternoon.
Bruff stopped Alvarado at fifth singles, 6-4, 6-0, and was Guilford’s lone two-time winner. Senior John Brvenik went three sets for a 6-1, 6-7 (5-7), 1-0 (10-3) win over Teeple at sixth singles. Guilford’s Aaron Smedley edged Branham, 6-4, 7-5, at fourth singles.
Coach Dave McCain’s Quakers close out the regular season an April 24 contest with league-rival Hampden-Sydney College at 3:00 p.m. on Guilford’s McMichael Centennial Class Courts.
Tennis Match Results
Roanoke vs Guilford
Apr 17, 2016 at Greensboro, NC
(McMichael Centennial Class Courts)
Roanoke 5, Guilford 4
Singles competition
1. Joey Ross (RC) def. Erik Meiler (GC) 6-2, 3-6, 6-2
2. Matt Kessler (RC) def. Mesa Martorell (GC) 6-2, 7-6 (10-8)
3. Jacob Morris (RC) def. Mason Church (GC) 6-4, 6-0
4. Aaron Smedley (GC) def. Holden Branham (RC) 6-4, 7-5
5. Levi Bruff (GC) def. Jose Alvarado (RC) 6-4, 6-0
6. John Brvenik (GC) def. Chris Teeple (RC) 6-1, 6-7 (5-7), 1-0 (10-3)
Doubles competition
1. Jacob Morris/Matt Kessler (RC) def. Erik Meiler/Aaron Smedley (GC) 9-8 (8-1)
2. Holden Branham/Joey Ross (RC) def. Chasen Chacon/Graham Pearson (GC) 8-5
3. Levi Bruff/Mesa Martorell (GC) def. Jose Alvarado/Chris Teeple (RC) 8-3
Match Notes:
Roanoke 7-6, 6-2 ODAC
Guilford 4-9, 4-5 ODAC
Old Dominion Athletic Conference match
T-3:30
A-50