Marlin men take two, but Marlin women fall twice

VIRGINIA BEACH -- It was a productive Saturday for the Virginia Wesleyan College men's tennis team, but a rough one for the Marlin women.

The men posted back-to-back victories, stunning perennial power Salisbury University 6-3 before dominating Drew University 7-2. The Marlin women were slowed by injuries in a 9-0 loss to Salisbury and fell 9-0 in Old Dominion Athletic Conference competition to Roanoke College with a revamped line-up, all at the Everett Center.

The Marlin men won swept the first four singles positions against Salisbury, including a 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 thriller by rookie Drew Tomajczyk (Chesterfield/Home schooled) at No. 2 over Eric Spangler (Clinton, Md./Grace Brethren Christian). Against Drew, the Marlins won five of the six singles slots, highlighted by a 6-2, 6-1 win by Spencer Bullock (Lorton/South County) at No. 3 over junior Vin Mahon (Toms River, N.J./North).

In doubles competition, Virginia Wesleyan won at the No. 1 and No. 3 flights in both matches. Rookie Graham Wilson (Newport News/Menchville) teamed with Tomajczyk to win at the No. 1 spot twice, while Lawrence Hunter (Fredericksburg/Chancellor) and Tyler Chang (Hvre de Grace, Md./Tome School) took two at No. 3, including an 8-1 decision over Drew's Derek McMullen (Nutley, N.J./Nutley) and Scott Vander Veen (Sparta, N.J./Sparta).

In the women's play against Salisbury, rookieTori Ryherd (El Paso, Texas/Loretto Academy) turned in a strong effort against Elania Iosue (Damascus, Md./Damascus), but fell 6-4, 7-5 at the No. 3 flight.

Lauren Brooker (Wake Forest, N.C./Raleigh Cardinal Gibbons) and Sara Yousif (Waxhaw, N.C./Charlotte Manus Academy) dropped a pair of close doubles matches at No.1. They fell 8-5 to Salisbury and 9-7 to Roanoke. Hannah Parent (Port Tobacco, Md./Indian Head Lackey) and Stephanie Bittner (Westminster, Md./Francis Scott Key) also fell in a tight match to Roanoke, 8-5, at No. 3.

Virginia Wesleyan's teams return to competition on Monday, March 11, hosting Maryland's Washington College at 3 p.m. at The Everett Center.

Results:

Position	Virginia Wesleyan College	Salisbury University	Winner	Score
#1 Singles	Graham Wilson	Daniel Albers	VWC	6-2, 6-2
#2 Singles	Drew Tomajczyk	Eric Spangler	VWC	2-6, 6-2, 6-4
#3 Singles	Spenser Bullock	Demetri Vrahnos	VWC	6-4, 6-4
#4 Singles	Tyler Chang	Adam Goldberger	VWC	6-0, 7-5
#5 Singles	Lawrence Hunter	Nick Mancuso	Salisbury	6-4, 6-2
#6 Singles	Holden Branham	Aaron Heffley	Salisbury	6-4, 6-2
#1 Doubles	Graham Wilson Drew Tomajczyk	Daniel Albers Eric Spangler	VWC	8-4
#2 Doubles	Tyler Searcy Spenser Bullock	Adam Goldberger Ddemetri Vrrahnos	Salisbury	8-4
#3 Doubles	Lawrence Hunter Tyler Chang	Nick Mancuso Aaron Heffley	VWC	8-4

Position	Drew University	Virginia Wesleyan College	Winner	Score
#1 Singles	Raul Smego	Graham Wilson	VWC	6-2, 6-3
#2 Singles	Hunter Lanthrop	Drew Tomajczyk	Drew	6-3, 6-1
#3 Singles	Vin Mahon	Spenser Bullock	VWC	6-2, 6-1
#4 Singles	Adam Clark	Tyler Chang	VWC	6-4, 7-6(4)
#5 Singles	Scott Vander Veen	Lawrence Hunter	VWC	7-6, 6-0
#6 Singles	Derek McMullen	Tyler Searcy	VWC	6-2, 6-3
#1 Doubles	Raul Smego Adam Clark	Graham Wilson Drew Tomajczyk	VWC	8-3
#2 Doubles	Hunter Lanthrop Vin Mahon	Spenser Bullock Adam Owen	Drew University	8-4
#3 Doubles	Derek McMullen Scott Vander Veen	Lawrence Hunter Tyler Chang	VWC	8-1

Position	Virginia Wesleyan College	Salisbury University	Winner	Score
#1 Singles	Lauren Brooker	Jillian Poppe	Salisbury	4-0 Ret.
#2 Singles	Sara Yousif	Natalie Savage	Salisbury	6-3, 2-0 Ret.
#3 Singles	Victoria Ryherd	Elania Iosue	Salisbury	6-4, 7-5
#4 Singles	Mia Proctor	Roxy Alban	Salisbury	6-1, 6-3
#5 Singles	Stephanie Bittner	Katie youlious	Salisbury	6-0, 6-1
#6 Singles	Hannah Parent	Victoria Handlin	Salisbury	6-0, 6-0
#1 Doubles	Lauren Brooker Sara Yousif	Jillian Poppe Natalie Savage	Salisbury	8-5
#2 Doubles	Victoria Ryherd Mia Proctor	Rachel Iosue Roxy Alban	Salisbury	8-1
#3 Doubles	Stephanie Bittner Hannah Parent	Victoria Handlin Katie youlious	Salisbury	8-1

Position	Virginia Wesleyan College	Roanoke College	Winner	Score
#1 Singles	Victoria Ryherd	Jennifer Antoszyk	Roanoke	8-0
#2 Singles	Mia Proctor	Corbin Leitch	Roanoke	8-0
#3 Singles	Stephanie Bittner	Laura Dodson	Roanoke	8-2
#4 Singles	Hannah Parent	Briell Smith	Roanoke	8-0
#5 Singles	No Player	Kristin McDowell	Roanoke	Default
#6 Singles	No Player	Kaity Diskerud	Roanoke	Default
#1 Doubles	Lauren Brooker Sara Yousif	Corbin Leitch Jennifer Antoszyk	Roanoke	9-7
#2 Doubles	Victoria Ryherd Mia Proctor	Laura Dodson Briell Smith	Roanoke	8-1
#3 Doubles	Stephanie Bittner Hannah Parent	Kristin McDowell Brianna Carroll