W&M Men’s Doubles Advance at Hampton Roads Invitational

10/16/04 8:50AM

NEWPORT NEWS, VA - Two William and Mary men’s tennis doubles teams advanced to the quarterfinals of their draws yesterday on the first day of Hampton Roads Collegiate Tennis Invitational, hosted by Old Dominion at Huntington Park in Newport News. Many of the day’s originally scheduled matches were postponed due to rain early in the day.

W&M went undefeated in its only two doubles matches. In the top doubles flight, sophomore Colin O’Brien (Dublin, Ireland) and freshman Matt Rubenstein (East Hampton, NY) defeated Hofstra’s Tal Alexander and Nikola Djordjevic, 8-4, to advance to today’s quarterfinal round. In the B Flight, Tribe rookies Alexandru Cojanu (Hallandale, FL) and Kavi Sud (Allentown, PA) defeated Asfand Farouk and Arturo Solis (Washington College), 9-8 (2), to advance to the quarterfinals of their flight.

W&M’s men and women will resume play at the event today, with matches scheduled to start at 9:00 AM.


W&M Men’s Tennis at the Hampton Roads Collegiate Invitational

Doubles

Flight A - First Round
Colin O’Brien/Matt Rubenstein (W&M) d. Tal Alexander/Nikola Djordjevic (Hofstra); 8-4

Flight B - First Round
Alexandru Cojanu/Kavi Sud (W&M) d. Asfand Farouk/Arturo Solis (Washington College); 9-8 (2)