Tribe Men’s Tennis Falls at No. 4 Georgia, 6-1

W&M’s Jeff Kader Upsets Nation’s 28th Ranked Singles Player

01/24/05 9:18PM

ATHENS, GA - William and Mary’s men’s tennis team, ranked 46th in the nation, fell to perennial national powerhouse Georgia, currently ranked fourth in the nation, 6-1, today at the Lindsey Hopkins Indoor Courts.

The Tribe won just one singles match, suffering its first loss of the season to fall to 2-1. It was the Bulldogs’ first match of the year.

With two of the top 25 doubles teams in the nation, Georgia swept all three matches to win the team point. With the Tribe down 2-0 after dropping the No. 2 singles contest, senior Jeff Kader (Geneva, OH) got the Green and Gold on the board with a straight-set upset at No. 3 over 28th-ranked Matic Omerzel, 6-4, 6-4. W&M had a number of other close singles matches, including freshman Alex Cojanu’s (Hallandale, FL) three-set loss at No. 1 to 18th-ranked John Isner that clinched the victory for the Bulldogs.

W&M returns to action later this week, as the Tribe will host three matches in four days against nationally ranked teams, starting with a 5:00 PM match on Friday, January 28 against No. 42 Boise State. W&M will also host No. 51 Michigan on Saturday and will take on No. 58 Louisiana-Lafayette next Monday.


Match Notes: W&M falls to 0-11 against Georgia since the start of the 1970 season ... W&M head coach Peter Daub was an assistant at Georgia in 1992 and 1993 ... Jeff Kader’s singles win was the 73rd of his career, moving him into a tie for the eighth most career singles wins at W&M since the 1986 season began ... This is the third straight season that Kader has won a singles match at Georgia.



#4 Georgia 6, #46 William and Mary 1
Singles
1. #18 John Isner (UG) d. Alex Cojanu; 6-4, 3-6, 6-4
2. #54 Antonio Ruiz (UG) d. Stephen Ward; 6-4, 6-3
3. #60 Jeff Kader (W&M) d. #28 Matic Omerzel; 6-4, 6-4
4. Ricardo Gonzalez (UG) d. Colin O’Brien; 6-4, 7-6 (1)
5. Colin Purcell (UG) d. Matt Rubenstein; 6-2, 6-1
6. #35 Matias Ormaza (UG) d. Kavi Sud; 6-4, ret.
Order of finish: 2, 3, 4, 1, 5, 6

Doubles
1. #10 Isner/Ruiz (UG) d. Cojanu/O’Brien; 8-3
2. #25 Strahinja Bobusic/Purcell (UG) d. Sud/Ward; 8-2
3. Gonzalez/Omerzel (UG) d. Kader/Rubenstein; 8-4
Order of finish: 2, 3, 1