W&M Men's Tennis Defeats South Florida, 5-2

04/16/05 2:25PM

WILLIAMSBURG, VA - William and Mary’s men’s tennis team, ranked 72nd in the nation, opened its final day of the regular season with a 5-2 win over South Florida today at the Busch Tennis Courts.

The win improves the Tribe’s record to 7-14 this season, while the Bulls fall to 8-13.

W&M opened the contest by winning the doubles point with victories on courts two and three. The Tribe team of senior Jeff Kader (Geneva, OH) and freshman Alex Cojanu (Hallandale, FL) was off first with an 8-3 win at No. 2 over Marc Jager and Andreas Maroldt. Sophomore Colin O’Brien (Dublin, Ireland) and freshman Kavi Sud (Allentown, PA) clinched the point with a 9-8 (6) win at No. 3 over Dillon Brozyna and Juan Carlos Gomez.

USF tied the match at one with a win at the top singles position, but W&M quickly regained the lead with a 6-1, 6-0 win by junior Stephen Ward (Douglaston, NY) over Gomez on court five. Senior Sean Kelleher (Forty Fort, PA) put the Green and Gold one point away from the win with a 6-1, 6-4 win at No. 3 No. 3 over Maroldt. O’Brien clinched the Tribe’s victory with a 6-4, 6-1 win at No. 2 over Federico Barton, and Cojanu ended the contest with a 6-1, 4-6, 7-5 win at No. 4 over Jager.

W&M will end the regular season later today with a 4:00 PM match against American. South Florida ends its regular season tomorrow at 11:00 AM at No. 40 Virginia Commonwealth.

Match Notes: William and Mary improves to 1-0 all-time against South Florida ... Sean Kelleher now has 79 career singles victories, tied with Geoff Russell (2001-04) for sixth-most at W&M since 1986 ... Alex Cojanu has won five straight singles matches leads the team with 22 singles victories ... The doubles team of Cojanu and Jeff Kader has also won five straight matches and has a team-best 13-4 record this season ... Colin O’Brien and Kavi Sud played together as doubles partners for the first time this spring ... Cojanu leads the team with 21 doubles wins this season, the sixth-most by a W&M rookie since 1986.



#72 William and Mary 5, South Florida 2
Singles
1. Uli Kiendi (USF) d. #60 Jeff Kader; 6-3, 6-0
2. Colin O’Brien (W&M) d. Federico Barton; 6-4, 6-1
3. Sean Kelleher (W&M) d. Andreas Maroldt; 6-1, 6-4
4. Alex Cojanu (W&M) d. Marc Jager; 6-1, 4-6, 7-5
5. Stephen Ward (W&M) d. Juan Carlos Gomez; 6-1, 6-0
6. Mark Gattiker (USF) d. Matt Rubenstein; 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
Order of finish: 1, 5, 3, 2, 6, 4

Doubles
1. Barton/Kiendi (USF) d. Kelleher/Ward; 9-8 (5)
2. Cojanu/Kader (W&M) d. Jager/Maroldt; 8-3
3. O’Brien/Kavi Sud (W&M) d. Dillon Brozyna/Gomez; 9-8 (6)
Order of finish: 2, 3, 1