LYNCHBURG, VA.- The #59 ranked Randolph men's tennis team played the University of Lynchburg in a cross-city matchup held at the E.C Glass tennis courts. The WildCats came out on the winning end as they defeated the Hornets 6-1.

The win for Randolph is the first over Lynchburg since 2017 and ends a six-match winless streak to the Hornets. The WildCats improve to 9-4 overall and 5-2 in ODAC play.

Randolph led 1-0 after doubles play. Andreas Mulner (Brasnov, Romania) and Jacob Martin (Wadebridge Cornwall, Great Britain Callywith College) won 6-2 over the pair of Timothy Depaquit and Luca Morbioli at first doubles. Jason Duval (Kingston, Jamaica) and Carlos Haupt (Weston, Fla./FLVS) won 6-0 over Dan Hardy and Sebastian Sierra at third doubles.

In singles play, Mulner held off Morbioli at first singles 7-6, 7-6. Martin shut out Soria 6-0, 6-0 at second singles. Vincenzo Marchese was a 6-4, 6-2 winner at third singles against Sierra. Haupt went to third sets against Alex Rintoul and came away with a 6-4, 4-6, 1-0 (10-6) win. Lukas Rathgeb (Koln, Germany Apostelgymnasium) won 6-3, 6-2 over JP Zepada at sixth singles.

"The guys competed so well today against a good Lynchburg side we haven't beaten since 2017," said head coach Sam Martinez. "6-1 against them has our group feeling really good going into Virginia Wesleyan week. Big shoutouts to Jacob/Andreas and Carlos/Jason for the huge doubles wins to set the tone going into singles. Whenever you win all six sets in singles, that energy bounces around and is hard to counteract. 5-2 in the ODAC now with two big ones left in Virginia Wesleyan and Averett."

The WildCats travel to Virginia Wesleyan next Saturday. The match will start at 12:00 p.m.