WINCHESTER, Va. – Shenandoah University ran its men's tennis winning streak to three matches Saturday afternoon with a 7-2 ODAC win over Emory & Henry.
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Shenandoah (3-0, 1-0 ODAC) put itself in position for the first ODAC men's win of head coach
Jason Cole's tenure by sweeping the doubles and then quickly got straight set wins in the top three singles matches to secure the win over E&H (1-2, 1-1).
IN BRIEF
Keith Orr,
Vitali Rivera,
Darian Diaz and
Aidan Steinly were all double winners for the Hornets.
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Orr and Rivera registered the first point of the day with an 8-1 win at No. 1 doubles while Diaz and Steinly closed out that portion of the match with an 8-5 victory at No. 2.
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Needing just two points to close it out, Diaz and Orr came through with 6-2, 6-1 and 6-2, 6-4 victories at Nos. 3 and 1 singles, respectively.
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Rivera completed his perfect day with a 6-1, 7-5 win at No. 2 and Steinly was a 6-1, 6-3 victor at No. 5.
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Steinly's win was the final one of the day for SU.
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The remaining victory, 8-3 at No. 3 doubles, came from
Brenton Baugh and
Will Sides.
UP NEXT
SU continues ODAC play with a road match at Hampden-Sydney Friday afternoon at 4 p.m.
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