W&M Men’s Tennis Continues Play at Virginia Invitational

Tribe Senior Stephen Ward Reaches Semifinals in Singles and Doubles

09/24/05 9:47PM

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA - William and Mary senior Stephen Ward (Douglaston, NY) advanced to the semifinals of his singles and doubles flights as the Tribe men’s tennis team continued play today on the second day of the 2005 Virginia Fall Invitational.

Playing in the second singles flight, Ward defeated Harvard’s Brandon Chiu, 6-4, 6-2, to advance to the quarterfinals, where he beat sophomore teammate Kavi Sud (Allentown, PA), 6-3, 6-0. After losing his first match of the season last weekend at the University of Alabama’s tournament, Ward has gone on to win an impressive seven straight singles matches. He teamed up with sophomore Alex Cojanu (Hallandale, FL) to also reach the semifinals of the second doubles flight. The pair defeated NC State’s William Noblitt/Mason Schermerhorn, 8-4, and advanced again when their quarterfinal opponents defaulted.

Three W&M players won their consolation matches in the top singles flight, including freshman Dominic Pagon (Kingston, Jamaica), who upset 125th-ranked Jarrett Chirico (Virginia), 7-6, 6-1. Cojanu and junior Colin O’Brien (Dublin, Ireland) also won their top-flight matches.

In the No. 2 singles flight, Sud defeated Andrew Downing (Virginia), 6-1, 6-3, before falling to Ward in the quarterfinals. In their only match of the day, O’Brien and freshman Billy Mulligan (Miami, FL) defeated Virginia’s Eric Riley and Rylan Rizza, 9-7, in the first round of the top doubles flight.

The Virginia Fall Invitational will conclude tomorrow with semifinal and final matches in both singles and doubles.


W&M Men’s Tennis Results on Day Two of 2005 Virginia Fall Invitational
Singles Flight A
Consolation
Alex Cojanu (W&M) d. Francesc Lleal (VCU); 7-6, 6-3
Colin O’Brien (W&M) d. Dan Nguyen (Harvard); 7-6, 6-1
Ashwin Kumar (Harvard) d. Billy Mulligan (W&M); 6-1, 6-3
Dominic Pagon (W&M) d. #125 Jarrett Chirico (Virginia); 7-6, 6-1
Bruno Agostinelli (Kentucky) d. Cojanu (W&M); 6-4, 6-3
#125 Chris Clayton (Harvard) d. O’Brien (W&M); 6-1, 6-2
Sammy Struyf (Alabama) d. Pagon (W&M); 2-6, 7-5, 1-0 (8)


Singles Flight B
Third Round (16)
Eric Riley (Virginia) d. Alexander Zuck (W&M); 6-4, 7-6
Kavi Sud (W&M) d. Andrew Downing (Virginia); 6-1, 6-3
Stephen Ward (W&M) d. Brandon Chiu (Harvard); 6-4, 6-2

Quarterfinal
Ward (W&M) d. Sud (W&M); 6-3, 6-0

Consolation
Carey Rubin (Kentucky) d. Matt Rubenstein (W&M); 2-6, 6-3, 1-0 (3)


Doubles Flight A
First Round (16)
Colin O’Brien/Billy Mulligan (W&M) d. Eric Riley/Rylan Rizza (Virginia); 9-7


Doubles Flight B
First Round (16)
Alex Cojanu/Stephen Ward (W&M) d. William Noblitt/Mason Schermerhorn (NC State); 8-4
Jarrett Chirico (Virginia)/Brandon Wai (Yale) d. Kavi Sud/Dominic Pagon (W&M); 8-4

Quarterfinal
Cojanu/Ward (W&M) d. Shantanu Dhaka/Dan Nguyen (Harvard); default


Doubles Flight C
First Round (16)
Andre Iriarte/David Rozek (NC State) d. Matt Rubenstein/Alexander Zuck (W&M); 8-0