Tribe Doubles Pair Advances to Quarterfinals at ITA Regional

Senior Colin O’Brien and junior Alex Cojanu won their third straight match at the event.

10/20/06 11:45PM

Chapel Hill, N.C. - Senior Colin O’Brien and junior Alex Cojanu advanced to the quarterfinals of the ITA Mideast Regional Doubles Championship on Oct. 20. Tribe tandem won its third straight match at the event and is the top remaining seed at the tournament, heading to the quarterfinal round.

O’Brien and Cojanu, ranked No. 53 nationally, defeated the No. 14-seeded N.C. State team of Nick Cavady and Wil-liam Noblit, 8-5, to earn a spot in the final eight. The win improved the Tribe duo’s record to 7-2 on the year. They will face Jarmaine Jenkins and Paul Koenke of Clemson at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday.

In singles, both O’Brien and Cojanu opened the day with second-round victories before falling in the third round. O’Brien defeated Moises Serano of East Tennessee State, 6-3, 7-6 (4), in his first match of the day. The tournament No. 14 seed and the No. 98 player nationally fell in the third round to No. 17-seeded Maciek Sykut of Florida State. It was a hotly contested match as the two players split the opening two sets in tiebreakers, before Sykut moved into the round of 16, with a third set, 7-5, win. O’Brien is 5-3 during the fall.

Cojanu suffered a similar fate, falling to the tournament’s top seed and No. 15-ranked Arnaud Lecloerec of VCU, 6-2, 7-6 (5), in the third round. Cojanu opened the day with an easy, straight sets victory over David Stone of North Caro-lina, 6-0, 6-1. He is 7-3 on the year.

Freshman Keziel Juneau and junior Kavi Sud saw their runs at the Mideast Regional come to an end in the second round. Juneau fell to Lecloerec, 6-4, 6-2, while Sud dropped a 6-2, 7-5 decision to No. 17 seed Marko Miklo of Vir-ginia.

W&M Results at the ITA Mideast Regional
Main Singles Draw – Second Round
(First Number is seed in tournament/Number in bracket is national ranking)
Alex Cojanu (W&M) def. David Stone (North Carolina) – 6-0, 6-1
#14 Colin O’Brien [98] (W&M) def. Moises Serrano (ETSU) – 6-3, 7-6 (4)
#17 Marko Miklo (Virginia) def. Kavi Sud (W&M) – 6-2, 7-5
#1 Arnaud Lecloerec [15] (VCU) def. Keziel Juneau (W&M) – 6-4, 6-2

Main Singles Draw – Third Round
(First Number is seed in tournament/Number in bracket is national ranking)
#1 Arnaud Lecloerec [15] (VCU) def. Alex Cojanu (W&M) – 6-2, 7-6 (5)
#17 Maciek Sykut (Florida State) def. #14 Colin O’Brien [98] (W&M) – 7-6, 6-7, 7-5

Main Doubles Draw – Third Round
(First Number is seed in tournament/Number in bracket is national ranking)
#3 Cojanu/O’Brien [53] (W&M) def. #14 Cavady/Noblitt (N.C. State) – 8-5