FERRUM, Virginia -- Ferrum College dropped a non-conference men's tennis match to visiting Earlham College, falling 6-1 this afternoon at the Burrows-Skeens Tennis Courts.

RECORDS
Earlham (6-6)
Ferrum (3-4)

THE BASICS
Earlham swept the three doubles matches to grab an early 1-0 lead. The Quakers then picked up five of the six singles match to close the day. Ferrum's Tripoom Jala broke up the shutout with a grueling three-set win at #3 singles over Earlham's Dev Agrawal. Jala dropped the first set 6-4, won the second set 7-5, then won a 10-point tiebreak 10-8 in the third set.

DOUBLES
1. Ivan Wularu/Dreek Saha (EARL) def. Gabriel Alvarez/Emilio Munguia (FCM) 6-4
2. Shantanu Nagrath/Jackson Swopes (EARL) def. Jairo Herbas/Tripoom Jala (FCM) 6-0
3. Pedro Rodrigues/Dev Agrawal (EARL) def. Spencer Buse/Aukiem Mitchell (FCM) 6-2

SINGLES
1. Ivan Wularu (EARL) def. Emilio Munguia (FCM) 6-4, 5-7, 1-0 (10-8)
2. Dreek Saha (EARL) def. Gabriel Alvarez (FCM) 6-2, 6-3
3. Tripoom Jala (FCM) def. Dev Agrawal (EARL) 4-6, 7-5, 1-0 (10-8)
4. Shantanu Nagrath (EARL) def. Aukiem Mitchell (FCM) 6-0, 6-1
5. Jackson Swopes (EARL) def. Jairo Herbas (FCM) 6-0, 6-0
6. Devabrat Das (EARL) def. Spencer Buse (FCM) 6-0, 6-0

UP NEXT
Coach Noah Hughes' team will be back on court Wednesday, March 12, at home against Roanoke College. The Old Dominion Athletic Conference match will be played as a doubleheader alongside Ferrum's women, beginning at 2:00 p.m.