Tribe Enjoys Success of Day Two of Tribe Invitational

W&M won five singles matches and three doubles contests on day two of the Tribe Invitational.

11/03/07 6:00PM

Williamsburg - The William and Mary men’s tennis team tallied five singles victories and a trio of doubles wins on the second day of the Tribe Invitational at the McCormack-Nagelsen Tennis Center. The Tribe is hosting the second annual event with Notre Dame, N.C. State and Maryland competing along with W&M in the three-day competition.

In the top singles flight, senior Alex Cojanu tallied his second victory of the invite. The No. 85-ranked player nationally defeated Christian Welte of N.C. State in straight sets, 6-4, 7-5. Junior Dominic Pagon joined his Tribe teammate in victory in the top singles flight. The Kingston, Jamaica native defeated N.C. State’s Derek Stephens, 6-1, 6-1, for his ninth singles victory of the season.

The Tribe also went 2-0 in the second singles flight as sophomore Keziel Juneau and junior Marwan Ramadan recorded victories. Juneau notched his second win of the event, upending Eric Turner of N.C. State, 6-1, 6-0. Ramadan needed three sets to notch his sixth singles victory of the season. After dropping the first set, 7-6, Ramadan rebounded to take the final two, 6-4, 10-5, over N.C. State’s Daniel Schinke.

Sophomore Richard Wardell improved to 2-1 in the third singles flight. He defeated Aaron Carr of Maryland, 6-4, 6-0, on Saturday afternoon.

In doubles, the Tribe notched wins in each of the three flights. The W&M pair of senior Kavi Sud and freshman Varun Pandit defeated Turner and Schinke of N.C. State, 8-1, in the second doubles flight, while the College freshman duo of Ben Wirth and Ben Gullickson downed Maryland’s Aksanov and Carr, 8-6, in the third doubles flight. Wardell and Cojanu rounded out the Tribe doubles victories with a 9-7 win in the top doubles draw over Welte and Stephens of N.C. State.

The Tribe Invitational will conclude on Sunday, Nov. 4, beginning at 8:30 a.m.

Complete Day Two Results

W&M Results from Day Two of the Tribe Invitational
Singles Flight 1
#85 Alex Cojanu (W&M) def. Christian Welte (NCSU) – 6-4, 7-5
Dominic Pagon (W&M) def. Derek Stephens (NCSU) – 6-1, 6-1

Singles Flight 2
Keziel Juneau (W&M) def. Eric Turner (NCSU) – 6-1, 6-0
Marwan Ramadan (W&M) def. Daniel Schinke (NCSU) – 6-7, 6-4, 10-5

Singles Flight 3
Santiago Montoya (UND) def. Sebastian Vidal (W&M) – 4-6, 2-2, retire
Richard Wardell (W&M) def. Aaron Carr (UMD) – 6-4, 6-0

Doubles Flight 1
Inbar/Fetbroyt (UMD) def. Juneau/Pagon (W&M) – 9-7
Wardell/Cojanu (W&M) def. Welte/Stephens (NCSU) – 9-7

Doubles Flight 2
Sud/Pandit (W&M) def. Turner/Schinke (NCSU) – 8-1
Coleman/Nielsen (UMD) def. Sud/Pandit (W&M) – 8-3

Doubles Flight 3
Gullickson/Wirth (W&M) def. Aksanov/Carr (UMD) – 8-6