Tribe Men’s Tennis Falls at No. 13 Stanford, 6-1

W&M Sophomore Colin O’Brien Upsets Nation’s 92nd-Ranked Singles Player

03/02/05 11:20PM

STANFORD, CA - William and Mary’s men’s tennis team, ranked 67th in the nation, lost to No. 13 Stanford, 6-1, this evening at the Taube Tennis Center.

The loss drops the Tribe’s record to 4-8 on the year, while the Cardinal improves to 8-4 this season.

W&M’s only point came at No. 3 singles, where sophomore Colin O’Brien (Dublin, Ireland) improved to 2-0 in his career against nationally-ranked opponents, knocking off No. 92 Phil Sheng, 6-7, 7-5, 1-0. O’Brien nearly was able to pull off an incredible upset in doubles as well, as he and senior Alex Fish (Scituate, MA) narrowly lost an 8-6 match at No. 1 to Stanford’s second-ranked team of Warburg and KC Corkery.

The Tribe will return to action this weekend at the Pacific Coast Men’s Doubles Championship. The tournament will be held at the La Jolla Beach and Tennis Club from Friday, March 4 through Sunday, March 6.


#13 Stanford 6, #67 William and Mary 1
Singles
1. #6 Sam Warburg (SU) d. #57 Jeff Kader; 7-5, 6-3
2. #31 KC Corkery (SU) d. Sean Kelleher; 6-1, 6-0
3. Colin O’Brien (W&M) d. #92 Phil Sheng; 6-7, 7-5, 1-0
4. James Wan (SU) d. Alex Cojanu; 6-2, 6-4
5. Eric McKean (SU) d. Matt Rubenstein; 6-4, 5-7, 6-4
6. Phil Jao (SU) d. Alex Fish; 6-0, 6-1

Doubles
1. #2 Corkery/Warburg (SU) d. Fish/O’Brien; 8-6
2. Kao/Sheng (SU) d. Kelleher/Ward; 8-3
3. McKean/Wan (SU) d. Cojanu/Kader; 8-6