Spiders Secure Sweep over Virginia Wesleyan

Wednesday, March 16

Richmond, Va.

1:30 p.m.

University of Richmond

Virginia Wesleyan

03/16/2022 | Men's Tennis

RICHMOND, Va. – The Richmond Spiders bounced back Wednesday afternoon with a sweep over Virginia Wesleyan, defeating the Marlins 7-0 at the Westhampton Tennis Courts. With the win, Richmond improves to 7-6 this season.

All three Spider duos secured doubles wins, including John Walsh and Campbell Erwin who improved to 5-0 at the No. 1 spot.

In singles action, the Spiders took down their opponents in straight sets on courts three through six. Erwin moved up to the No. 2 singles spot and bounced back from a first-set loss to take his match 1-6, 6-1, 6-0 to improve to 2-1 at the No. 2 spot overall this season.

On court one, Walsh dropped the first set 7-6 but also bounced back, taking the second set 6-1 before securing the win with a 10-2 third-set tiebreaker.

Up next, the Spiders head to Philadelphia where they will face Atlantic 10 foes Fordham and Saint Joseph's back-to-back, respectively, on March 25 and March 26.

Richmond 7, Virginia Wesleyan 0

Singles competition
1. John Walsh (UR) def. Felix Bevc (VWU) 6-7, 6-1, 10-2
2. Campbell Erwin (UR) def. Mitchell Perry (VWU) 1-6, 6-1, 6-0
3. Alex Wernink (UR) def. Timothy Tep (VWU) 6-2, 6-3
4. Josh Keitelman (UR) def. Francis Cabbadu (VWU) 6-0, 6-0
5. Ricky Bell (UR) def. Cam Perry (VWU) 6-2, 6-0
6. Alaister Burke (UR) def. Dheeraj Koritala (VWU) 6-0, 6-1

Doubles competition
1. John Walsh/Campbell Erwin (UR) def. Felix Bevc/Mitchell Perry (VWU) 6-2
2. Josh Keitelman/Daniel Kliebhan (UR) def. Timothy Tep/Francis Cabbadu (VWU) 6-3
3. Alaister Burke/Ricky Bell (UR) def. Cam Perry/Sainandan Challagundla 6-4

Match Notes:
Richmond, 7-6
Virginia Wesleyan, 2-4
Order of Finish: Doubles (3,2,1); Singles (6,4,3,5,2,1)

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