W&M Men’s Tennis Continues Play at Alabama Tournament

09/17/05 9:38PM

TUSCALOOSA, AL - William and Mary sophomore Matt Rubenstein (East Hampton, NY) advanced to the semifinals of his singles flight and joined with freshman Alex Zuck (Toms River, NJ) to reach the semifinals of their doubles flight, as the Tribe men’s tennis team continued play at the University of Alabama’s Crimson Tide Fall Tournament.

After receiving a first round bye, top seeded Rubenstein shut out Martin Crocket (Birmingham Southern), 6-0, 6-0, before defeating Ryan Valentine (UAB), 6-1, 6-4, to reach the semifinals of Flight C. In doubles, Rubenstein and Zuck won three matches in the second flight. After defeating Colorado’s Peter Bjork/Charlie Yemm, 8-6, the pair upset the flight’s No. 1 seed, Anton Mavrin/Kristijan Mitrovski (UAB), 8-6, in the round of 16. The duo then defeated Bernado Bachino/Joe Unkenholz (Jacksonville State), 8-6 in the quarterfinal round.

In the top singles flight consolation round, sophomore Alex Cojanu (Hallandale, FL) upset No. 115 Marc Spicjaric (Illinois), 7-6 (6), 6-4. Junior Colin O’Brien (Dublin, Ireland), also won a top-flight consolation match, defeating Mavrin 7-5, 6-4.

Senior Stephen Ward (Douglaston, NY) won three consolation matches in the second singles flight, including wins over opponents from Illinois, Southern Mississippi and UAB. In the “One on One Doubles” Flight B exhibition matches, Zuck reached the semifinal round with an 8-4 win over Eric Lim (Mississippi State), 8-4, and a walkover advance past James Bryce (Samford).

The Tribe will conclude its play in the Crimson Tide Tournament tomorrow.


William and Mary Results at Crimson Tide Fall Tournament

Flight A Singles
Consolation
#105 Tony Hearle (Rice) d. Billy Mulligan (W&M); 7-5, 6-3
Alex Cojanu (W&M) d. #115 Marc Spicjaric (Illinois); 7-6 (6), 6-4
Colin O’Brien (W&M) d. Anton Mavrin (UAB); 7-5, 6-4
Daniel Andrus (Arizona) d. O’Brien (W&M); 6-3, 7-5

Flight B Singles
Consolation
Stephen Ward (W&M) d. Brandon Davis (Illinois); 2-6, 7-6 (3), 1-0 (17)
Kavi Sud (W&M) d. Florent Girod (Mississippi State); 7-5, 6-3
Alex Zuck (W&M) d. Renan Silveira (Samford); 7-5, 2-6, 1-0 (9)
Ward (W&M) d. Reid Bourgeois (Southern Mississippi); 6-0, 6-0
Andre Maier (UAB) d. Sud (W&M); 6-4, 6-1
George Gveselani (Georgia Tech) d. Zuck (W&M); 6-2, 6-4
Ward (W&M) d. Maier (UAB); 4-6, 6-0, 1-0 (6)


Flight C Singles
Round of 16
Matt Rubenstein (W&M) d. Martin Crockett (Birmingham Southern); 6-0, 6-0

Quarterfinal
Rubenstein (W&M) d. Ryan Valentine (UAB); 6-1, 6-4

Consolation
Dominic Pagon (W&M) d. Matt Mabry (Birmingham Southern); 6-1, 6-0
Adrian Tollstam (UAB) d. Pagon (W&M); 4-6, 7-6 (4), 1-0 (12)


Flight A Doubles
Round of 32
Sebasian Falk/Andre Maier (UAB) d. Billy Mulligan/Kavi Sud (W&M); 9-8 (2)

Round of 16
Alex Cojanu/Stephen Ward (W&M) d. Adrien Debryne/Roaul Schwark (Minnesota); 9-8 (1)

Quarterfinal
#21 Ben Harknett/Robert Searle (Rice) d. Cojanu/Ward (W&M); 8-5

Consolation
#45 Eric Molnar/Chad Tsuda (Colorado) d. Mulligan/O’Brien (W&M); 8-5

Flight B Doubles
Round of 32
Matt Rubenstein/Alex Zuck (W&M) d. Peter Bjork/Charlie Yemm (Colorado); 8-6

Round of 16
Rubenstein/Zuck (W&M) d. Anton Mavrin/Kristijan Mitrovski (UAB); 8-6
Kruno Despotovski/Ryan Valentine (UAB) d. Dominic Pagon/Kavi Sud (W&M); 8-4

Quarterfinal
Rubenstein/Zuck (W&M) d. Bernado Bachino/Joe Unkenholz (Jacksonville State); 8-6

Consolation
Pagon/Sud (W&M) d. David Ray/Richard Walsh (Birmingham Southern); 8-2


Flight A One on One Doubles
Round of 16
Eric Riley (Virginia) d. Colin O’Brien (W&M); 8-1


Flight B One on One Doubles
Round of 16
Alex Zuck (W&M) d. Eric Lim (Mississippi State); 8-4

Quarterfinal
Zuck (W&M) d. James Bryce (Samford); def.