The University of Mary Washington men's tennis team dropped an 8-1 decision to fourth-ranked and top seeded Emory University on Friday evening in the first round of the ITA Indoor Tennis Championships, held at the UMW Indoor Tennis Center.

After dropping all three doubles matches, the Eagles fell at 1-3 singles before sophomore Will Apperson (Louisville, Ky., Ballard) won at four singles in straight sets, 6-1, 7-6 (4). UMW fell at five and six singles to give Emory the 8-1 win.

In other action on Friday, Washington (Mo.) University topped North Carolina Wesleyan College, 8-1; California-Santa Cruz topped Trinity (Texas), 6-3, and Cal Lutheran fell 5-4 to Carnegie Mellon.

Mary Washington will face Cal Lutheran on Saturday at 8:00 a.m., and North Carolina Wesleyan will face Trinity at 8:00 a.m. Washington will face UC Santa Cruz at 2:00, and Emory will take on Carnegie-Mellon.

The fifth place and seventh place matches will take place Saturday evening at 8:00 p.m.