Washington and Lee Enters as Top Seed
FOREST, Va. --- Washington and Lee
University holds down the top seed in the 2013 ODAC Men's Tennis
Tournament, as the Generals go in search of their fourth straight
and 32nd overall conference crown. Ranked 23rd nationally,
W&L (14-5 overall, 10-0 ODAC) is followed by Bridgewater
College (12-7, 9-1) as the second seed for the second year in a
row.
Emory & Henry College (13-3, 8-2) moves up a spot from 2012 to
claim the third seed, while tiebreakers were needed to determine
the next two positions. Guilford College (8-7, 6-4) will host
Virginia Wesleyan College (10-11, 6-4) in quarterfinal action as
the Quakers' 5-4 win early in the season proved the difference in
awarding GC the fourth seed and slotting the Marlins fifth.
Roanoke College (9-7, 5-5) occupies the sixth seed outright and
will make the trip to E&H for its first round action, but it
was another set of head-to-head tiebreakers that settled the
seventh and eighth spots. Randolph-Macon College (10-12, 4-6)
defeated Hampden-Sydney College (5-8, 4-6), 7-2, in mid-April,
securing the Yellow Jackets the seventh seed and a trip to
Bridgewater. H-SC rounds out the eight-team field and will
head to W&L for quarterfinal play.
Tournament action begins on Saturday, April 20, with each of the
four quarterfinals scheduled at the campuses of the four highest
seeds. Each of the four winners will play in the semifinals
on Saturday, April 27, with the championship following on Sunday,
April 28. Virginia Wesleyan will serve as host for the final
three matches.
Listed below is the entire schedule for the 2013 ODAC Men's Tennis
Tournament. For more information including match times, visit
any of the participating schools' websites or the ODAC Championship
website at www.odaconline.com/tournament/spring/mtennis.
2013 ODAC Men's Tennis Tournament Schedule
Quarterfinals - Saturday, April 20
Match 1: #8 Hampden-Sydney at #1 Washington and Lee
– TBA
Match 2: #5 Virginia Wesleyan at #4 Guilford – TBA
Match 3: #6 Roanoke at #3 Emory & Henry – TBA
Match 4: #7 Randolph-Macon at #2 Bridgewater – TBA
Semifinals - Saturday, April 27 - Virginia
Wesleyan College
Match 5: Winner Match 1 vs. Winner Match 2 –
9:00 a.m.
Match 6: Winner Match 3 vs. Winner Match 4 – 11:00 a.m.
Championship - Sunday, April 28 - Virginia
Wesleyan College
Match 7: Championship - Winner Match 5
vs. Winner Match 6 – 10:00 a.m.