The Cavalier daily :: Friday, April 27, 1973 :: University of Virginia Library

In the W&L match, held at
the famous Homestead resort
in Hot Springs, Va., the only
General to come away with a
victory was John Embree, who
edged Frank Hatten in the
number-two singles, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4.

All the other Cavalier
netmen won their singles
matches in two sets. In the
number one singles, Jim Ratliff
topped Sandy Lawrence, 6-3, 7-6
and third-year man Rick Swift
beat Will Palfree at number
three, 6-1, 6-1.

In the other individual
matches, Hoyt Murray, Peter
Adolph, and Howie Hauptman
all breezed by their opponents,
Murray winning 6-4, 6-3 over
Tim Thompson, Adolph over
Marshall Washburn, 6-1, 6-1,
and Hauptman defeating
Warren Davis, 6-3, 6-0.

The doubles competition
went just as well for the Cavs,
with the teams of Ratliff-Swift,
Hatten-Murray and
Spratlin-Hauptman sweeping
the court, with only Ratliff
and Swift at number one being
taken to three sets.

At Blacksburg Wednesday,
the Wahoo team had no
trouble with the Hokies,
winning 8-1 in a match
featuring eight-game pro sets.
Frank Hatten won at number
one, beating Roy Beskin 8-4,
Jim Ratliff beat DeWitt Boyd
in second singles, 8-2, and
Tech's Phil Peterson took Rick
Swift to the line, but lost, 9-8.

The only Turkey to win his
match was Harry Rinehart,
who outscored first-year man
Hauptman, 8-4. None of the
other Cavaliers had a great deal
of trouble, as Virginia won the
remaining two singles matches,
and too all three of the doubles
matches.

With only the Virginia State
Championship remaining, in
which Coach Jim Stephens
predicts a repeat of last year's
Cavalier sweep, the Cavalier
tennis season is virtually over.
Although this year's 16-4
record is a little better than last
year's, Mr. Stephens expresses
some disappointment about his
first season as tennis coach.

Going into the ACC
tourney with a 4-2 loop mark,
he had hoped that the Cavaliers
would have a high finish, but a
poor showing dropped the
team to fifth overall, the only
bright spot being the lanky
Hatten's three-set win over
Maryland's Bob Garmay in the
number-two singles finals.

Coach Stephens had
nothing but praise for Hatten,
a second-year man from
Huntington, W.Va. He cited
Hatten as "the most improved
player" and lauded his great
play in recovering from a 4-1
deficit in the finals match
to win the deciding set, 12-10.

He also said that no Virginia
player had won at number two
in his memory, emphasizing
that it was "quite a big thing"
since there were quite a few
nationally ranked players in
that bracket.