UMW Men's Tennis Tops CNU, St. Mary's

The University of Mary Washington men's tennis team defeated Christopher Newport University, 6-3, and St. Mary's College, 7-2, on Thursday at the Battleground. The Eagles improve to 14-9 overall, and 7-0 in CAC play.

The Eagles will return to action on Saturday at 2:30 p.m., when they visit Johns Hopkins University.

Christopher Newport vs Mary Washington
Apr 14, 2011 at Fredericksburg, Va.

Mary Washington 6, Christopher Newport 3

Singles competition
1. Gianandrea Heyer (CNUM) def. Sam Wichlin (UMW) 6-3, 6-0
2. Garrett Widing (CNUM) def. Kaz Murata (UMW) 7-6 (7-4), 6-3
3. Will Apperson (UMW) def. Matthew King (CNUM) 6-4, 6-4
4. Alex Blakhin (UMW) def. Dusty Nelson (CNUM) 6-1, 6-0
5. Riley Baver (UMW) def. Josef Manilla (CNUM) 7-5, 7-6 (7-5)
6. Kevin Aquino (UMW) def. Lorenzo Sison (CNUM) 6-3, 7-5

Doubles competition
1. Kaz Murata/Riley Baver (UMW) def. Dusty Nelson/Eric Shulman (CNUM) 9-8 (8-1)
2. Matthew King/Josef Manilla (CNUM) def. Will Apperson/Andrew Frisk (UMW) 8-4
3. Kevin Aquino/Alex Blakhin (UMW) def. Gianandrea Heyer/Lorenzo Sison (CNUM) 8-4


St. Mary's (Md.) vs Mary Washington
Apr 14, 2011 at Fredericksburg, Va.

Mary Washington 7, St. Mary's (Md.) 2

Singles competition
1. Kaz Murata (UMW) def. Arvin Wong (SMC) 6-2, 6-0
2. Andrew Gear (SMC) def. Alex Blakhin (UMW) 6-3, 2-6, 11-9
3. Will Apperson (UMW) def. Kyle Feeley (SMC) 6-0, 6-0
4. Kevin Aquino (UMW) def. John Feighner (SMC) 6-1, 6-0
5. Jay Guzzone (SMC) def. Eric Coltabiano (UMW) 6-4, 3-6, 13-11
6. Andrew Frisk (UMW) def. Lukas Iraola (SMC) 6-0, 6-0

Doubles competition
1. Riley Baver/Kaz Murata (UMW) def. Arvin Wong/Andrew Gear (SMC) 8-1
2. Eric Coltabiano/Andrew Frisk (UMW) def. John Feighner/Jay Guzzone (SMC) 8-4
3. Alex Blakhin/Kevin Aquino (UMW) def. Kyle Feeley/Lukas Iraola (SMC) 8-1

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