Tribe Notches Pair of Victories in Saturday Doubleheader

W&M will host No. 65 Northwestern on Sunday, Feb. 10, at 11 a.m.

02/09/08 6:00PM

Williamsburg - The No. 45 ranked William and Mary men’s tennis team downed Norfolk State and George Mason on Saturday in a doubleheader at the McCormack-Nagelsen Tennis Center. The Tribe improved its overall record to 8-3 and is 2-0 in CAA play.

The Tribe started the day off with a 5-2 victory over the Norfolk State Spartans. William and Mary notched the doubles point with victories at the No. 2 and No. 3 slots. Junior Alex Zuck and freshman Varun Pandit set the tone with an 8-2 victory over the team of Roman Del Castillo and Keenan Ruff at the No. 3 position. Freshman Sebastien Vidal and junior Marwan Ramadan clinched the doubles point with an 8-4 victory over Vassil Zahariev and Bogdan Yordanov in the No. 2 spot.

The Tribe got the singles matches started off with straight-set victories at the bottom three positions. Freshman Ben Gullickson made quick work of Ruff 6-0, 6-0 at the No. 6 position for his first collegiate dual-match victory. Pandit defeated Del Castillo at the No. 5 slot, 6-4, 6-2 while senior Kavi Sud downed Bogdan Yordanov at No. 4, 6-3, 6-0. Ramadan finished off the Tribe’s victories with a 6-2, 6-4 dismissal of Vassil Zahariev at the No.2 position.

In the second match of the day, the Tribe downed CAA foe George Mason, 7-0. The teams of Zuck and Pandit as well as Vidal and Ramadan stayed perfect on the day, each earning victories of 8-0 over the Patriots teams of Matthew Vaughn and Martin Brown, and Anastas Budagov and Harwood Hoskins, respectively. The Tribe’s No. 1 pairing of Gullickson and Sud defeated George Mason’s Brian Fitzgerald and Daniel Schneider, 8-4.

In singles, the Green and Gold swept all six matches in straight sets. Playing in the No. 1 position, Vidal defeated Fitzgerald, 6-1, 6-3, while Ramadan finished off Budagov, 6-0, 6-2, at No. 2. In the No. 3 slot, Zuck defeated Schneider, 6-3, 6-1, as Kavi Sud notched a victory over Harwood Hoskins, 6-1, 6-1, at the No. 4 position.

Freshmen Gullickson and Pandit finished their perfect day with a 6-3, 6-0 victory over Matthew Vaughn and a 6-2, 6-2 triumph over Zack Schneider at No. 5 and No. 6 respectfully.

W&M will return to action tomorrow, Sunday, February 10 as the College will face No. 65 Northwestern at 11 a.m. at the McCormack-Nagelsen Tennis Center. It will be the Tribe’s only match of the day as the match with Howard, which was originally scheduled as part of a double header tomorrow, has been rescheduled for April 11 at 6:30 p.m., as part of a doubleheader with South Alabama on the Busch Tennis Courts.

#45 William and Mary 5, Norfolk State 2
Singles
No. 1 – Miroslav Vlcek (NSU) def. Sebastien Vidal (W&M) – 3-6, 6-4, 11-9
No. 2 – Marwan Ramadan (W&M) def. Vassil Zahariev (NSU) – 6-2, 6-4
No. 3 – Petr Krakora (NSU) def. Alex Zuck (W&M) – 6-2, 6-3
No. 4 – Kavi Sud (W&M) def. Bogdan Yordanov (NSU) – 6-3, 6-0
No. 5 – Varun Pandit (W&M) def. Roman Del Castillo (NSU) – 6-4, 6-2
No. 6 – Ben Gullickson (W&M) def. Keenan Ruff – 6-0, 6-0

Doubles
No. 1 – Vleck / Krakora (NSU) def. Richard Wardell / Sud (W&M) – 8-5
No. 2 – Vidal / Ramadan (W&M) def. Zahariev / Yordanov (NSU) – 8-4
No. 3 – Pandit / Zuck (W&M) def. Del Castillo / Ruff (NSU) – 8-2

#45 William and Mary 7, George Mason 0
Singles
No. 1 – Sebastien Vidal (W&M) def. Brian Fitzgerald (GMU) – 6-1, 6-3
No. 2 – Marwan Ramadan (W&M) def. Anastas Budagov (GMU) – 6-0, 6-2
No. 3 – Alex Zuck (W&M) def. Daniel Schneider (GMU) – 6-3, 6-1
No. 4 – Kavi Sud (W&M) def. Harwood Hoskins (GMU) – 6-1, 6-1
No. 5 – Ben Gullickson (W&M) def. Matthew Vaughn (GMU) – 6-3, 6-0
No. 6 – Varun Pandit (W&M) def. Zack Schneider (GMU) – 6-2, 6-2

Doubles
No. 1 – Gullickson / Sud (W&M) def. Fitzgerald / Schneider (GMU) – 8-4
No. 2 – Vidal / Ramadan (W&M) def. Budagov / Hoskins (GMU) – 8-0
No. 3 – Zuck / Pandit (W&M) def. Vaughn / Brown (GMU) – 8-0

Story by Alex Ball, Student Assistant