ASHLAND, Va. – Randolph-Macon took sets in four of its six singles matches and forced three tiebreakers in an exciting first home match of the season.

The Basics
 
Score: Marymount 6, Randolph-Macon 1
Venue: Ashland, Va. // Randolph-Macon College // Banks Tennis Center 
Records: Randolph-Macon (0-3, 0-2 ODAC); Marymount (3-1, 0-0 Atlantic East)

Doubles
 
Jayden Alexander (Newport News, Va./Menchville) and Austin Spencer (Chesapeake, Va./Great Bridge) led the way in doubles, as the third pairing picked up an early break en route to a 2-6 final score. Evan Holzmacher (Chesterfield, Va./Manchester) and Karsten Palmer (Swepsonville, N.C./River Mill) battled at first doubles, while JP Zano (Chesapeake, Va./Great Bridge) and Winston Chapman (Hampton, Va./Norfolk Collegiate) finished just behind at second doubles.
 
(MU) Daniel Henriquez and Joaquin Sigala def. (RMC) Holzmacher and Palmer, 6-0.
(MU) Gunek Singh and Rebhi Villasmil def. (RMC) Chapman and Zano, 6-0.
(MU) Brett Neuhart and Jose David Rojas Fonesca def. (RMC) Alexander and Spencer, 6-2.
 
Singles
 
Randolph-Macon saw Zano, Palmer, Holzmacher and Chapman hold 2-1 leads through the first three games. At first singles, Zano picked up consecutive breaks to clinch the first set, 6-1, while Chapman held off his opponent, 7-6 at fourth singles. While Palmer and Holzmacher could not hang on to set one, Spencer and Caleb Privett (Fort Chiswell, Va./Fort Chiswell) dug deep to earn set one comeback wins for the Yellow Jackets to join Zano and Chapman. While Zano, Chapman and Spencer all ended up finding themselves battling in tiebreaks, Privett went on to sweep his opponent at sixth singles, 7-5, 7-5. Holzmacher and Palmer rounded out the Yellow Jackets with seven and five games won, respectively, at third and second singles.
 
(MU) Villasmil def. (RMC) Zano; 1-6, 6-3 (6-2)
(MU) Sigala def. (RMC) Palmer; 6-4, 6-1
(MU) Henriquez def. (RMC) Holzmacher; 6-4, 6-3
(MU) Singh def. (RMC) Chapman; 6-7, 6-0 (6-1)
(MU) Neuhart def. (RMC) Spencer; 4-6, 6-0 (6-0)
(RMC) Privett def. (MU) Lomond Rodgers; 7-5, 7-5
 
Up Next

Men's Tennis will host Johnson & Wales and Columbia (S.C.) for a tri-match on Saturday, November 7. The matches will be played at 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m., respectively, at the Banks Tennis Center.