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Netters Rout W&L

Photo By Ted Putziger

John Mertz Bangs Into Volley At Net In Victory Over North Carolina State Saturday

Coach Burris' Netters Spent Pleasant Afternoon In Hot Springs Yesterday Beating W & L, 9-0

HOT SPRINGS — Continuing in
their thus far unchallenged quest
for the title of college tennis
champions of the state of Virginia,
the Cavalier netters recorded their
seventh consecutive win here
yesterday with a 9-0 stomping of
Washington and Lee.

Sparked by late season ace Mike
Eikenberry's 6-3, 7-5 victory over
the General's top player, Tom
Reuger, Coach Burris' racketeers
swept to a 6-0 lead in taking all of
the singles matches. Captain
Eikenberry covered the court in a
near flawless manner as he captured
his fifth match in a row.

Second-year man Jeff Podesta
promptly followed Eikenberry's example
as he tallied the second
Virginia point of the day with a
6-4, 6-4 decision over Don McCoure
in a well contested battle at the
second position.

On the third court action was
fierce in the first set; Virginia's
Andy Scheinman broke a deadlock
with a service break of his opponent,
Bill Gatlin, late in the set
to take it 6-4. Then Gatlin, down
one set and beginning to feel the
pressure, started to feed the aggressive
Scheinman at the net. The
result was a 6-3 decision in favor of
Scheinman and the Cavaliers' third
tally.

In what proved to be the most
exciting match of the afternoon the
Generals' number four player
encountered Virginian John Winter.
For the first few games of the first
set it seemed that Winter might
have a tough time, but then due to
a physical disorder, a Winter smash
to the gut, or perhaps a
combination of the two, the
General suddenly became afflicted
with a stomach ailment. From then
on in it was Winter all the way to a
6-1, 6-2 decision over his W&L
opponent.

Biff Cooper came up with one
of his usual three-set marathons as
he downed the number five man
from Lexington by a score of 6-2,
36, 6-3, while first-year man. Doug
Waterman recorded his twelfth
victory of the season at the number
six spot.

Having already been assured a
victory via the singles sweep, Coach
Burris was not at all hesitant to try
some new combinations in the
doubles competition. John Mertz,
who normally plays with Cooper,
teamed with Bob Cain at the
number two slot where they blasted
their W&L opponents, 6-1 in the
first set. Another abdominal attack
on the number four General forced
W&L to forfeit the match.

To wrap it up the first and third
doubles teams tallied victories by
the respective scores of 10-8, 7-5,
and 7-9, 6-2, 6-2.