The Hampden-Sydney Tennis team avenged a 5-4 regular season loss to the Guilford College Quakers, winning 5-2 to advance to the ODAC Championship game. The Tigers will face Washington and Lee at 10:30 am on Sunday at the Folkes-Stevens Tennis Center at Old Dominion University

THE BASICS

• Final Score: Hampden-Sydney 5, Guilford 2
• Records: Hampden-Sydney 16-5, Guilford 13-5
• Location: Norfolk, VA – Folkes-Stevens Tennis Center 

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Clark Cummings and Grayson Burns dominated Logan Glass and Jarad Gandy 8-0 at #3 doubles
• Following an 8-4 loss at #2, Michael Moody and Matthew Moody picked up an 8-4 top-flight win against Tate Godwin and Graham Pearson
• Levy Young made quick work of Jarad Gandy 6-0, 6-1 at the #5 spot to push the Tigers lead to 3-1
• Burns provided H-SC with their fourth win on the night at #6, dispatching of Glass 6-4, 6-2
• Cummings won his first set 6-3 at #4 but forced a tiebreaker after trailing 5-4 at the second set. He went on to win the second set tiebreaker 7-3 to clinch the match for Hampden-Sydney.

UP NEXT

• The Tigers advance to their first ODAC Championship match since 2011. H-SC will battle Washington and Lee at 10:30 am.

We're headed to the 'SHIP! Clark moves to 19-2!!!! pic.twitter.com/qFsCOFJxnh

— HSC Tennis (@TigerTennis1776) May 6, 2018

 

See everyone tomorrow for the ODAC Championship Final vs Washington &Lee at 10:30 at Old Dominion University! #GoTigers pic.twitter.com/RrzqshFti9

— HSC Tennis (@TigerTennis1776) May 6, 2018