Generals are Winners of 30 of 35 Awarded Men's Tennis Titles

LEXINGTON, Va. --- The Washington and Lee men's tennis team claimed its second-straight Old Dominon Athletic Conference title with a 5-0 victory over Hampden-Sydney on Saturday afternoon at the W&L Outdoor Courts.

The win gave the Generals their 30th ODAC title in the 35 years that the conference has recognized a champion.

Washington and Lee won all three doubles points and clinched the match with wins at No. 2 singles and No. 6 singles.  Junior Jeremy Becht (Woodstock, Ga./Etowah) defeated Shad Harrell, 6-1, 6-2 at No. 2 singles, while junior Brian Roberts (Potomac, Md./Winston Churchill) ended the match with a 6-2, 6-2 win over Ian Sammler at No. 6 singles.

With the win, W&L improved to 15-3 overall.  Hampden-Sydney dropped to 11-4 on the season.

The Generals will receive the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Tournament which begins on May 13.  They will be in action again on May 7 when they tune up for NCAA's with a match at 12th-ranked North Carolina Wesleyan.  Action begins at 1:00 pm.

This release is courtesy of the Washington and Lee University sports information department.