The No. 6 ranked Emory men's tennis team played its first match of the spring on Friday morning, taking on SCAD-Atlanta on the indoor courts at the Woodruff P.E. Center. Despite a few close matches with the Bees in the doubles portion of the competition, the Eagles took the match by a score of 8-1.

The match opened with doubles play, with seniors Nolan Shah and Samuel Dean opening the day with a dominating 6-0 win over SCAD's Bojarski and Woodman in the No. 2 doubles slot. The No. 3 doubles team of freshman Christian Liew and senior Brandon Cohen also won their match in a close 8-6 finish.

The No. 1 doubles match was a back-and-forth struggle between Emory's duo of senior Ryan Glanville and sophomore Dean Kamenev against SCAD's Martinez and Chouikha. The Bees started the match hot, winning the first couple of sets. Yet, Kamenev and Glanville stormed back to win the match 8-7.

The Eagles won five of six matches in the singles portion of the day, with the top five in the lineup pulling out wins. Kamenev started off in the No. 1 spot and won in dominating fashion, winning 6-2 and 6-0 to take his match. Shah also won his match in a convincing manner, taking his sets 6-2 and 6-1. Liew's match was a quick one as well, taking his sets 6-1 and 6-0. Junior Emilio Van Cotthem also won his match in two sets, 6-4 and 6-0. The Eagles didn't drop a single set against the Bees in the top-five singles matches.

Sophomore Luca Lipari dropped his match in three sets, falling 5-7, 6-1, 10-6.

The Eagles will be back in action tomorrow afternoon for a match against Tennessee Wesleyan. The match with the Bulldogs will start at 1:00 PM on the indoor courts at the Woodruff P.E. Center.