Salem, Va. – The Roanoke College Men's Tennis team had a strong fall campaign before heading into the spring where they earned a win over Bridgewater.
In the fall, the Maroons had two players qualify to play in the ITA regional men's Championship at Mary Washington College. Twenty-nine colleges sent 160 players players to the event where the top Division 3 players on the east coast compete in both singles and doubles. The players were flighted by their UTR rankings for a championship flight and from there B1 through B4 flights .
Jack Fishwick led the tournament off for the Maroons in the B1 flight with a huge win over Nicholas Calzolano from Carnegie Mellon with a score of 6-4, 6-2. The Carnegie Mellon player had a big game and Fishwick had his best performance to date as a player for Roanoke College. In his next match Fishwick lost to Noah Cheng from Swarthmore College. 6-3, 6-3. The match featured long and intense baseline rallies.
Next up for the Maroons was Grayson White who competed in the B4 flight. Grayson lost a hard fought battle to Larry Scartz of Wilkes College, 7-5, 6-2. White then rebounded in the consolation round with a strong come from behind victory over Jonathan Noble of Arcadia College by the score of 5-7, 6-2, 10-1 (tiebreaker). Grayson played with his usual intensity and that gave him the edge as the match wore on. In his final consolation match Grayson lost to Daniel Christian of Lynchburg College 6-3, 6-
In the win over BC, Roanoke grabbed an early lead when Hunter Adams and Michael Morrell turned back Bridgewater's Robert Williard and Leyton Pullin, 8-5, to take the point at No. 3 doubles.
Thomas Hodges and Grayson White added the point at No. 2 doubles with an 8-2 victory over BC's Sonet Gandhi and Nick Kiser.
The Maroons added an important point at No. 1 doubles where Jack Fishwick and Jack Doriss outlasted the Eagles' Canon Secord and Matthew Gordon 8-7. The Roanoke duo won
The two teams split the singles matches. Morell and Doriss won their matches to clinch the team win. Morrell stopped Williard 6-0, 6-3 to win at No. 5 singles and Doriss defeated Gandhi 6-3, 6-3 to win at the No. 3 slot. Roanoke picked up its final point when White edged Gordon 6-3, 6-4 to take the point at No. 2.
