Tournament Central

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Fourth-seeded Concord edged Shepherd, 5-4, and Charleston downed Fairmont State, 5-0, on Friday in the MEC Tournament Quarterfinals.

The Mountain Lions advance to take on top-seeded West Liberty tomorrow at 11 a.m., while the Golden Eagles will take on second-seeded West Virginia Wesleyan at 2 p.m. at Schoenbaum Tennis Courts.

Concord's win over fifth-seeded Shepherd came down to the final singles match of the day. CU led after doubles, 2-1, but Shepherd rallied to win at No. 2, 3 and 5 singles. That set up the pivotal match at No. 6 singles, and Concord's Bill Wright won in three sets, 7-5, 4-6, 6-4, to secure the team win.

Charleston won close matches at No. 1 and No. 2 doubles, and also won at No. 3 to go out in front of the Falcons 3-0. UC's Alec Foote lost just one game in a straight-sets win at No. 1 singles, and Nick Bakos didn't drop a game at No. 5 singles to clinch a 5-0 win for the Golden Eagles.

#4 Concord def. #5 Shepherd, 5-4
Doubles
#1 Camplin/Fonrondona (CU) def. Lesko/Columban (SU), 8-6
#2 Ebert/Moore (CU) def. Davis/Charette (SU), 8-5
#3 Wheatley/Thomas (SU) def. Wright/Toshif (CU), 8-4

Singles
#1 Rob Camplin (CU) def. Grant Davis (SU), 6-0, 6-2
#2 Steven Lesko (SU) def. Danni Fonrondona (CU), 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
#3 Steven Kolumban (SU) def. Johnny Toshif (CU), 1-6, 6-2, 7-5
#4 Christian Moore (CU) def. Will Wheatley (SU), 6-4, 7-6 (8-6)
#5 Lewis Charette (SU) def. Avery Ebert (CU), 7-5, 6-2
#6 Bill Wright (CU) def. Austin Thomas (SU), 7-5, 4-6, 6-4

#3 Charleston def. #6 Fairmont State
Doubles
#1 Foote/Orath (UC) def. Leo/Hatfield (FSU), 8-6
#2 Gammell/Lorenz (UC) def. McMarrow/Bannister (FSU), 8-5
#3 Shah/Bakos (UC) def. Moran/Weber (FSU), 8-1

Singles
#1 Alec Foote (UC) def. Aaron Leo (FSU), 6-0, 6-1
#5 Nick Bakos (UC) def. Noah Weber (FSU), 6-0, 6-0