GREENSBORO, N.C. --- The Virginia Wesleyan men's tennis team defeated Guilford College, 5-2, in the ODAC quarterfinals on Saturday afternoon in Greensboro, N.C.  The Marlins improved to 11-11 overall and will now face top-seeded Washington and Lee in the semifinals, while Guilford ended its season with an 8-8 overall mark.

Virginia Wesleyan jumped out to the early lead by winning two of the three singles matches, including a thrilling 8-6 decision at the No. 1 spot by Graham Wilson and Drew Tomajczyk over Trevor Cox and Erik Meiler. 

The Quakers took the No. 2 spot, but Virginia Wesleyan emerged impressively at No. 3 where Tyler Chang and Lawrence Hunter won 8-0.

Virginia Wesleyan extended its lead in singles where Tomajczyk won at the No. 2 spot 6-4, 6-4 over Cox, while Spencer Bullock won 7-6(2), 1-6, 6-4 over Meiler at No. 3.  Chang added a victory for VWC at No. 4, 6-2, 6-3 over Mark Cheong.

Virginia Wesleyan will continue play in the tournament on Saturday, April 27, taking on No. 1 seed Washington and Lee University in the ODAC semifinals at VWC's Everett Tennis Center at 9 a.m.

This release is courtesy of the Virginia Wesleyan Sports Information Department.
www.vwcathletics.com