W&M Men's Tennis Wins Four Matches at Tom Fallon Invite

09/19/02

SOUTH BEND, IN - William and Mary’s men’s tennis team won two singles and two doubles matches today in opening-day action at the Tom Fallon Invitational hosted by Notre Dame.

Junior Geoffrey Russell (Phoenix, AZ) and sophomore Zack Malmgren (Cibalo, TX) both won tight, three-set singles matches for the Tribe in singles. Russell defeated Notre Dame’s Brent D’Amico, 6-3, 4-6, 1-0 (10-5) and Malmgren came back to win against ND’s Paul McNaughton, 4-6, 6-4, 1-0 (10-8).

The Tribe also won two doubles matches, as Russell and sophomore Sean Kelleher (Forty Fort, PA) defeated D’Amico/McNaughton, 9-7, and sophomore Alexander Fish (Scituate, MA) and rookie Stephen Ward (Douglaston, NY) won, 8-5, over Jake Cram/Nicolas Lopez-Acevedo.

W&M continues play in the event tomorrow with doubles matches against Purdue, Ball State, Northwestern and Harvard.

2002 Tom Fallon Invitational
Day One - William and Mary Results

Singles
Luis Haddock (ND) d. Sean Kelleher (W&M); 6-4, 7-5
#85 Matthew Scott (ND) d. Jeffrey Kader (W&M); 6-3, 6-3
Geoffrey Russell (W&M) d. Brent D’Amico (ND); 6-3, 4-6, 1-0 (10-5)
Nicolas Lopez-Acevedo (ND) d. Stephen Ward (W&M); 6-4, 6-7 (5), 1-0 (10-8)
Patrick Buchanan (ND) d. Alexander Fish (W&M); 1-6, 6-4, 1-0 (10-2)
Zack Malmgren (W&M) d. Paul McNaughton (ND); 4-6, 6-4, 1-0 (10-8)
Eric Langenkamp (ND) d. Joe Brooks (W&M); 6-1, 6-2
Peter Graham (ND) d. Kal Patrick (W&M); 9-7

Doubles
Kelleher/Russell (W&M) d. D’Amico/McNaughton; 9-7
Haddock/Scott (ND) d. Kader/Malmgren (W&M); 8-2
Fish/Ward (W&M) d. Jake Cram/Lopez-Acevedo; 8-5