BUCKHANNON, W.Va. – Shepherd University (10-9, 3-4 MEC) dropped a 7-2 decision to West Virginia Wesleyan (14-6, 6-1 MEC) in MEC men's tennis action at West Virginia Wesleyan on Monday.
Freshman
Carter Davis (Harpers Ferry, W.Va./Martinsburg) posted a 6-2, 6-0 win at number one singles and teamed with his brother, senior
Grant Davis (Harpers Ferry, W.Va./Martinsburg), for an 8-2 victory at number one doubles.
The Rams conclude regular season play on Wednesday when they host Kutztown for a 3:30 p.m. match.
The seedings and pairing for the 2017 Mountain East Conference Men's Tennis Tournament have been finalized at the conclusion of league play today.
West Liberty, West Virginia Wesleyan and Fairmont State each claimed a share of the regular season championship with identical 6-1 records. After tiebreakers, the Hilltoppers are the No. 1 seed in this week's tournament, and the Bobcats are seeded second. The top two seeds receive a bye in the first round. Fairmont State is seeded third.
Charleston is the fourth seed, Shepherd is fifth and West Virginia State is sixth to complete the tournament field.
The tournament gets underway this Friday at 11 a.m. at the Brian David Fox Tennis Center in Huntington, W.Va.
Below are the matchups and pairings.
Friday, April 21
11 a.m.: #4 Charleston vs.
#5 Shepherd
2 p.m.: #3 Fairmont State vs. #6 West Virginia State
Saturday, April 22
11 a.m.: #1 West Liberty vs. #4/5 Winner
2 p.m.: #2 West Virginia Wesleyan vs. #3/6 Winner
Sunday, April 23
11 a.m.: Finals
WV Wesleyan 7 Shepherd 2
Doubles
#1 Davis/Davis (SU) def. Laipold/Pierre-Olivier Bedard (WVW), 8-2
#2 Nathan Sabate/Ferran Berga (WVW) def. Thomas/Lockner (SU), 8-2
#3 Jose Titonel/Pedro Nassar (WVW) def. Charette/Smith (SU), 8-0
Singles
#1
Carter Davis (SU) def. Lukas Laipold (WVW) 6-2, 6-0
#2 Santiago Gutierrez (WVW) def.
Grant Davis (SU) 6-0, 6-1
#3 Ramon Rodriguez (WVW) def.
Lewis Charette (SU), 6-1, 6-0
#4 Jacobo Rendon (WVW) def.
Kaleb Lochner (SU), 6-0, 6-0
#5 Tim Stephens (WVW) def.
Austin Thomas (SU), 6-0, 6-0
#6 Thomas McIntosh (WVW) def.
Clayton Smith (SU), 6-2, 6-1
