Grove City College Men's Tennis

LEXINGTON, Va. -- The Grove City College men's tennis team advanced to the second round of the 2011 NCAA Division III Championship Tournament Friday by earning a 5-3 victory over Elizabethtown (12-6) at Washington & Lee University's Duchossois Tennis Center. The Wolverines, making their first-ever appearance in the NCAA Tournament, will now face perennial power Emory Saturday at 2 p.m. in the regional semifinal.

Grove City (11-0 spring, 12-2 overall) won two of the three doubles matches and then captured three singles wins to sew up the victory. Junior Scott Yanak (Pittsburgh, Pa./Upper Saint Clair) clinched the win by securing the Wolverines' fifth point with a 6-2, 6-1 win at No. 5 singles.

The Wolverines advanced to the NCAA Tournament by earning the Presidents' Athletic Conference title and the league's automatic qualifier April 30.

The winner of the Grove City-Emory match will advance to Sunday afternoon's regional championship. Saturday's other semifinal will pit host Washington & Lee against North Carolina Wesleyan.

Position	Grove City's Lineup	Elizabethtown	Grove City Result
First Singles	Ricky Garrett (Sr., Rocky River, Ohio/Rocky River)	Manrique Arrea	Lost 3-6, 6-2, 7-6
Second Singles	Marc Mentzer (Sr., Lancaster, Pa./Manheim Township)	Josh Riehl	Won 6-4, 6-7, 6-2
Third Singles	Caleb Fuller (So., Columbus, Ind./Homeschooled)	Eric Fritzges	Won 6-4, 7-5
Fourth Singles	Anthony Rosselli (So., Poland, Ohio/Poland)	Paul Whitman	Lost 6-3, 7-6
Fifth Singles	Scott Yanak (Jr., Pittsburgh, Pa./Upper Saint Clair)	Bryan Metz	Won 6-2, 6-1
Sixth Singles	Andrew Deckert (So., Mechanicsburg, Pa./East Pennsboro)	Billy Freitag	3-6, 3-2, match unfinished
First Doubles	Garrett/Mentzer	Arrea/Riehl	Won 9-8
Second Doubles	Fuller/Rosselli	Metz/Whitman	Lost 8-5
Third Doubles	Yanak/Steve Harrison (Jr., Centreville, Md./Queen Anne's Co.)	Michael Anderson/ Fritges	Won 8-6