Four Tribe Players Perfect in Singles Flight at Tribe Invite

W&M opened competition at the Crowne Plaza Tribe Invitational on Nov. 3.

11/03/06 9:30PM

Williamsburg - The William and Mary men’s tennis team claimed nine singles victories and two doubles wins on the opening day of the Crowne Plaza Tribe Invitational against an impressive field of N.C. State, Notre Dame and Maryland at the McCormack-Nagelsen Tennis Center. Sophomores Marwan Ramadan, Dominic Pagon and Alex Zuck along with freshman Richard Wardell opened the tournament with perfect 2-0 marks in their respective flights.

In singles Flight 2, Ramadan improved to 4-1 on the year with a pair of wins. In his opening match of the day, he de-feated Notre Dame’s Irakli Akhvlediani in straight sets, 6-4, 6-3. Ramadan then rallied to claim his second victory over Boris Fetbroyt of Maryland. After dropping the first set, 6-3, Ramadan took the second in a tiebreaker, 7-6. He took the third set super tiebreaker, 10-6.

Pagon won both his matches in straight sets on Friday in Flight 4. In the opener, he defeated Santiago Montoya of Notre Dame, 6-3, 6-2. The Kingston, Jamaica native improved to 7-3 on the year with a 6-3, 6-1 victory over Mary-land’s John O’Rourke in his second match of the day.

Wardell and Zuck both won to remain perfect in Flight 5 and 6, respectively. Wardell improved to 5-6 on the year with his victories. He defeated a pair of Notre Dame opponents in Sean Corrigan and Takashi Yoshii. The Fort Myers, Fla., native defeated Corrigan, 6-1, 7-5, and Yoshii, 6-3, 6-2.

Zuck tallied his first two victories of the 2006 fall campaign. The Toms River, N.J., native downed Notre Dame’s Pat-rick Callaghan, 6-0, 6-3, in his first match. In his second match of the day, Zuck jumped out to a 4-1 lead over Frideric Prandecki of N.C. State, before Prandecki was forced to retire due to an injury.

Junior Kavi Sud split his matches in Flight 3. After opening with a 7-6 (2), 6-4 win over Andrew Roth of Notre Dame, Sud dropped a tight, 7-6, 7-5, match to Aaron Carr of Maryland. He moved to 5-3 on the year with the split.

Two of the three Tribe doubles teams in action claimed victories on the opening day of the invite. The freshman tan-dem of Wardell and Keziel Juneau won their first match as a team in Flight 2. The Tribe pair downed Roth and Car-rigon of Notre Dame, 9-7.

Zuck and Ramadan notched a victory in Flight 3 doubles. The sophomore team defeated Graham King and Akhvlediani of Notre Dame, 8-4.

The second day of the Crowne Plaza Tribe Invitational will get underway on Saturday, Nov. 4, at 9 a.m. Singles will begin at 9 a.m. with doubles competition to follow at 3 p.m. The Tribe Invitational will wrap up on Sunday, Nov. 5.

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W&M Results from the Tribe Invitational
Singles
Flight 1
Barry King (Notre Dame) def. Keziel Juneau (W&M) – 6-3, 7-6 (4)
Scott Fink (Maryland) def. Keziel Juneau (W&M) – 5-7, 7-6, 10-6

Flight 2
Marwan Ramadan (W&M) def. Irakli Akhvlediani (Notre Dame) – 6-4, 6-3
Marwan Ramadan (W&M) def. Boris Fetbroyt (Maryland) – 3-6, 7-6, 10-6

Flight 3
Kavi Sud (W&M) def. Andrew Roth (Notre Dame) – 7-6 (2), 6-4
Aaron Carr (Maryland) def. Kavi Sud (W&M) – 7-6, 7-5

Flight 4
Dominic Pagon (W&M) def. Santiago Montoya (Notre Dame) – 6-3, 6-2
Dominic Pagon (W&M) def. John O’Rourke (Maryland) – 6-3, 6-1

Flight 5
Richard Wardell (W&M) def. Sean Corrigan (Notre Dame) – 6-1, 7-5
Richard Wardell (W&M) def. Takashi Yoshii (Notre Dame) – 6-3, 6-2

Flight 6
Alex Zuck (W&M) def. Patrick Callaghan (Notre Dame) – 6-0, 6-3
Alex Zuck (W&M) def. Frideric Prandecki (N.C. State) – 4-1, retire (injury)

Doubles
Flight 1
B. King/Montoya (Notre Dame) def. Sud/Pagon (W&M) 8-6

Flight 2
Wardell/Juneau (W&M) def. Roth/Carrigon (Notre Dame) – 9-7

Flight 3
Zuck/Ramadan (W&M) def. G. King/Akhvlediani (Notre Dame) – 8-4