SHEPHERDSTOWN, W. Va. – The Shenandoah University men's tennis team earned its second win of the week Friday afternoon with a 4-3 victory over DII Shepherd University.
 
Shenandoah (2-0) took to the road to earn the win over the Rams (0-1).

IN BRIEF

The top of the SU lineup fueled the triumph as the Hornets swept the top two doubles and top three singles matches.
 
Keith Orr and Vitali Rivera, Shenandoah's No. 1 doubles team and Nos. 1 and 2 singles players, respectively, were double winners for Coach Jason Cole.
 
In doubles, they put SU up 1-0 with a 6-2 victory over Evan Dokken and Kaleb Lochner after Darian Diaz and Aidan Steinly had posted the Hornets first point with a 7-6 victory at No. 2.*
 
Rivera, with a 6-1, 6-1 win at No. 2 singles, and Diaz, 7-5, 6-3 at No. 3, put Shenandoah one win from the match-clinching victory.
 
Orr came through, taking out Dokken, 6-3, 6-4, at No. 1 to give SU its second straight victory.
 
Shepherd won two of the remaining three singles matches in straight sets. At No. 4, Steinly fell 2-6, 6-2, 2-6.
 

UP NEXT

Shenandoah opens its ODAC slate next Saturday with a 1 p.m. home match versus Emory & Henry.

*The match was scored using the Division II rules. The three doubles matches count as one point and the set was played to six with no-ad scoring.
 
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