W&M Men’s Tennis Ends Play at Southern Intercollegiate

Tribe’s Stephen Ward Wins Third Flight Singles Title

09/22/03 4:20PM

ATHENS, GA - William and Mary’s men’s tennis team ended its play today on the final day of the Southern Intercollegiate Championships, hosted by Georgia and held at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex.

In the final match of the third singles flight, Tribe sophomore Stephen Ward (Douglaston, NY) defeated freshman teammate Colin O’Brien (Dublin, Ireland) 7-5, 6-4. Ward won six singles matches at the tournament on his way to the title. In the top singles flight, junior Sean Kelleher (Forty Fort, PA) came from behind to defeat Miha Lisac (Georgia State), 3-6, 6-4, 1-0 (3) in the final match of the consolation bracket. In doubles, the Tribe’s 45th-ranked team of Kelleher and Ward fell to the nation’s fourth-ranked team, Bo Hodge and John Isner (Georgia), 8-3, in the semifinal match of the top flight.

W&M returns to action next weekend at the Virginia Invitational, September 26-28.


William and Mary Men’s Tennis at Southern Intercollegiate Championships (Day Four)
Singles Flight I
Consolation
Sean Kelleher (W&M) d. Miha Lisac (Georgia State); 3-6, 6-4, 1-0 (3)

Singles Flight III
Championship
Stephen Ward (W&M) d. Colin O’Brien (W&M); 7-5, 6-4

Doubles Flight I
Semifinal
#4 Hodge/Isner (Georgia) d. #45 Sean Kelleher/Stephen Ward (W&M); 8-3