The University of Mary Washington men's tennis team dropped an 8-1 decision to fourth-ranked and top seeded Emory University on Friday evening in the first round of the ITA Indoor Tennis Championships, held at the UMW Indoor Tennis Center.

After dropping all three doubles matches, the Eagles fell at 1-3 singles before sophomore Will Apperson (Louisville, Ky., Ballard) won at four singles in straight sets, 6-1, 7-6 (4). UMW fell at five and six singles to give Emory the 8-1 win.

In other action on Friday, Washington (Mo.) University topped North Carolina Wesleyan College, 8-1; California-Santa Cruz topped Trinity (Texas), 6-3, and Cal Lutheran and Carnegie Mellon competed Friday evening.

Mary Washington will face the loser of the Carnegie-Mellon/Cal Lutheran match on Saturday at 8:00 a.m., and North Carolina Wesleyan will face Trinity at 8:00 a.m. Washington will face UC Santa Cruz at 2:00, and Emory will take on the winner of Carnegie/Cal Lutheran.

The fifth place and seventh place matches will take place Saturday evening at 8:00 p.m.