Men's Tennis Defeats George Washington, 6-1

Friday, February 8

Washington, D.C.

12:00 PM ET

University of Richmond

George Washington

02/08/2002 | Men's Tennis

By: Richmond Athletics

The Richmond men's tennis team won its first-ever Atlantic 10 match Friday afternoon as the Spiders defeated George Washington, 6-1, at GW's Mount Vernon Tennis Facility. The victory raises Richmond's record to .500 on the spring season at 3-3.

The Spiders won five of six singles matches on the afternoon, with victories at the No. 2-6 spots by David Donn, Danny Scrafford, Matthew Cabana, Derek Schwandt, and Jeppy Moss, respectively. Niki Doll lost at the No. 1 spot in a super-tiebreaker, 6-2, 6-7, 10-8.

Richmond clinched the doubles point when the No. 2 tandem of Donn and Tim Hadsel-Mares saved a match point in the tie-breaker and then went on to win the match, 9-8. At No. 3, Scrafford and Schwandt were victorious, 8-4, while Doll and Todd Parker fell at the No. 1 position, 9-7.

The Spiders face the U.S. Naval Academy on Saturday at 3:00 p.m. in Annapolis, Md.

Richmond 6, GW 1
Singles:
1. Matt Hane (GW) def. Niki Doll (UR) 6-2, 6-7, 10-8
2. David Donn (UR) def. Jake Jopling (GW) 6-3, 3-0, ret.
3. Danny Scrafford (UR) def. Matt Treadgold (GW) 6-2, 6-4
4. Matthew Cabana (UR) def. Kevin Wright (GW) 6-7, 6-1, 6-4
5. Derek Schwandt (UR) def. Kinzie Wright (UR) 6-4, 6-2
6. Jeppy Moss (UR) def. Brett Warner (GW) 2-6, 6-7 (8)

Doubles:
1. Hane/Jopling (GW) def. Doll/Parker (UR) 9-7
2. Donn/Hadsel-Mares (UR) def. Treadgold/Kevin Wright (GW) 8-9 (6)
3. Scrafford/Schwandt (UR) def. Kinzie Wright/Warner (GW) 8-4