W&M Men’s Tennis Blanks Longwood, 7-0

Tribe Drops Just Nine Games in Six Singles Matches

02/04/06 9:48PM

WILLIAMSBURG, VA - William and Mary’s men’s tennis team, ranked 65th in the nation, put an emphatic end to its recent losing skid, shutting out Longwood, 7-0, tonight at the McCormack-Nagelsen Tennis Center.

The Tribe—which had lost its last three matches, all against nationally ranked teams, including two that were in the top 26—improves to 4-3 with the win, while the Lancers are now 0-1 after their first match of the season.

W&M took all three doubles matches for the second time this season to win the team point. Junior Colin O’Brien (Dublin, Ireland) and sophomore Alex Cojanu (Hallandale, FL) finished first, defeating Jon Blair and Brandon Lindsley, 8-3, at No. 1. Senior Stephen Ward (Douglaston, NY) and rookie Marwan Ramadan (Alexandria, VA) clinched the point with an 8-3 win at No. 3 over Austin Brawley and Tobias Guennel. Sophomore Kavi Sud (Allentown, PA) and freshman Billy Mulligan (Miami, FL) gutted out an 8-7 (5) win at No. 2 doubles over Roger Torres and Ian Young.

The Tribe easily breezed past the Lancers in singles, dropping a total of just nine games in the six matches. Ward, ranked 57th in the nation, got things started with a 6-0, 6-0 win over Guennel and freshman Alexander Zuck (Toms River, NJ) put the Green and Gold one point away from clinching victory with a 6-1, 6-1 win at No. 4 over Brawley. Sud secured the win, defeating Blair, 6-0, 6-1 at No. 6. Sophomore Matt Rubenstein (East Hampton, NY) defeated Torres at No. 3, Ramadan earned his first college singles win by beating Young on court five, and Cojanu knocked off Lindsley at No. 2 to round out the Tribe’s scoring.

W&M will return to action with a home doubleheader against two Colonial Athletic Association rivals next Sunday, Feb. 12, at the McCormack-Nagelsen Tennis Center. The Tribe will host current No. 66 Old Dominion at 10:00 AM and will face James Madison at 5:00 PM. Longwood’s next match isn’t until Feb. 18, when the Lancers will play Coastal Carolina and Winthrop in Myrtle Beach, SC.


#65 William and Mary 7, Longwood 0
Singles
1. #57 Stephen Ward (W&M) d. Tobias Guennel; 6-0, 6-0
2. Alex Cojanu (W&M) d. Brandon Lindsley; 6-2, 6-0
3. Matt Rubenstein (W&M) d. Roger Torres; 6-1, 6-0
4. Alexander Zuck (W&M) d. Austin Brawley; 6-1, 6-1
5. Marwan Ramadan (W&M) d. Ian Young; 6-1, 6-2
6. Kavi Sud (W&M) d. Jon Blair; 6-0, 6-1
Order of finish: 1, 4, 6, 3, 5, 2

Doubles
1. Cojanu/Colin O’Brien (W&M) d. Blair/Lindsley; 8-3
2. Billy Mulligan/Sud (W&M) d. Torres/Young; 8-7 (5)
3. Ramadan/Ward (W&M) d. Brawley/Guennel; 8-3
Order of finish: 1, 3, 2