HAMPDEN-SYDNEY, Va. – Guilford College's men's tennis season ended Tuesday with a 5-1 loss at Hampden-Sydney College in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) Tournament quarterfinals.
The second-seeded Tigers (10-3) advance to ODAC Tournament semifinals to face third-seeded Bridgewater College, a 5-0 winner over Virginia Wesleyan College. Seventh-seeded Guilford ends the year with a 7-10 overall record.
The Tigers (10-3), ranked 14th in the current Campbell's/Intercollegiate Tennis Association's NCAA Division III South Atlantic Region rankings, won two of three doubles contests and finished off the Quakers with three straight-set singles triumphs.
Guilford's first-doubles tandem of Tyler Mercier and Clayton Hamilton scored the Quakers' lone point with a 9-8 (7-4) win over the Tigers' Rich Pugh and Tal Covington.
Hampden-Sydney 5, Guilford 1
Singles competition
1. Rich Pugh (HSC) vs. Tyler Mercier (GC) 6-4, 2-0, unfinished
2. Shad Harrell (HSC) vs. Clayton Hamilton (GC) 6-2, 4-2, unfinished
3. Kevin Calhoun (HSC) def. Trevor Cox (GC) 6-1, 6-1
4. Tal Covington (HSC) def. Charlie Smith (GC) 6-1, 6-2
5. Zach Pack (HSC) def. Mark Cheong (GC) 6-3, 6-1
6. Ian Sammler (HSC) vs. Ben Nelson (GC) 6-1, 3-2, unfinished
Doubles competition
1. Tyler Mercier/Clayton Hamilton (GC) def. Rich Pugh/Tal Covington (HSC) 9-8 (7-4)
2. Shad Harrell/Kevin Calhoun (HSC) def. Mark Cheong/Charlie Smith (GC) 8-2
3. Zach Pack/Ian Sammler (HSC) def. Trevor Cox/Ben Nelson (GC) 8-2
Match Notes:
Guilford 7-10
Hampden-Sydney 10-3; Regional ranking #14
ODAC Tournament Quarterfinals
T-2:55 A-25
