HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. – The Emory & Henry College Men's Tennis Team completed a sweep of the week's matches Thursday at Hilton Head. The Wasps closed out their suspended contest with the Wilkes University Colonels, 6-3, to start the day and claimed a hard-fought 5-4 win over the Tigers of Wittenberg University.

Emory & Henry 6, Wilkes 3
After the match was halted due to darkness on Tuesday night, the Wasps held a 4-3 advantage with two singles flights late in the second set. Thursday morning, freshman Alex Minasyan (Moscow, RUSSIA) closed out his match, 6-1, 6-4 while senior Matt Nelson (Galax, Va.) won in a third-set tiebreak (10-3).

Emory & Henry 5, Wittenberg 4
E&H got a pair of wins during doubles play and then took the top three singles matches as they it defeated Wittenberg by a 5-4 score.

Nelson and senior Adam Henderson (Abingdon, Va.) won, 8-2, at the top doubles pairing and Nelson added a three-set singles win.

Freshman James Keighley (Heswall, Mercyside, ENGLAND) earned a 6-4, 6-3 victory at number one singles while Minasyan rolled, (6-1, 6-1) at the second individual spot.

Henderson and senior Webster Gilley (Bristol, Tenn.) both fell in third-set tiebreakers in what were hard-fought matches.

Emory & Henry will next take the court on Saturday, March 16 when they face Virginia Wesleyan College and Randolph-Macon College in Old Dominion Athletic Conference play at Lexington, Va.

=== TUESDAY ===

Emory & Henry College (4-1) picked up an 8-1 win over Regis (Mass.) College early Tuesday afternoon and is currently ahead of Wilkes University, 4-3, after the match was suspended due to darkness.

Emory & Henry 8, Regis (Mass.) 1
Emory & Henry jumped out to a 5-1 lead after playing the singles portion of the match with Regis first. Senior Matt Nelson (Galax, Va.) picked up a 6-0, 6-0 win at number two singles while senior Webster Gilley (Bristol, Tenn.) won 6-0, 6-1 at the third singles flight.

Freshman Alex Minasyan (Moscow, RUSSIA) only dropped two games as he won 6-2, 6-0 at the top singles spot while senior Zach Eccher (Madison, Ala.) was victorious, (6-0, 6-2) at number four singles.

The Wasps dominated doubles play, dropping only four games across the three matches. Nelson and senior Adam Henderson (Abingdon, Va.) (No. 1 doubles) and sophomore John Hanlon (Bristol, Tenn.) and Jonathan Romano (Bland, Va.) (No. 3 doubles) each won by 8-1 scores.

Emory & Henry 4, Wilkes 3 (play suspended)
Tuesday evening against Wilkes, the Wasps took number two and three doubles for a 2-1 advantage.

Freshman James Keighley (Heswall, Mercyside, ENGLAND) picked up a 6-0, 6-2 win at number one singles while Gilley earned a three-set win at the fifth singles flight. The Colonels won at number four and number six singles to close the gap to 4-3.

Nelson and Minayan's matches yet to be finished as play was stopped at 10:00 p.m., Tuesday evening when the lights at Hilton Head High School reached the end of their automatic timer. Both are leading their matches one set to none.

E&H will finish the match with Wilkes tomorrow at a time yet to be determined.

=== MONDAY === Emory & Henry 9, John Carroll 0

Emory & Henry (3-1) picked up a 9-0 victory over John Carroll University Monday morning at Hilton Head High School. The contest was the first of four matches to be played this week during the Wasps' Spring Break trip.

All three doubles matches went easily to the hands of E&H as well as 2-6 singles. Freshman James Keighley (Heswall, Mercyside, ENGLAND) rallied from being down a set and 4-1 in the second frame to pick up the win at the top individual flight.

Freshman Alex Minasyan (Moscow, RUSSIA) won 6-1, 6-0 at the number two singles flight while senior Matt Nelson (Galax, Va.) was perfect in his No. 3 singles match.

In doubles play, the Wasps only dropped six games over three matches with Minasyan and senior Zach Eccher (Madison, Ala.) winning by a 8-1 score at number three.

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