Tribe Falls at No. 41 Boise State

Junior Marwan Ramadan won his second straight three-set match to improve to 18-8 on the year.

03/03/08 7:00PM

Boise, Idaho - The No. 38 William and Mary men’s tennis team dropped its second straight match in Boise, Idaho, falling to the host and No. 41-ranked Broncos of Boise State, 6-1, on Monday afternoon. The Tribe fell to 11-6 overall on the year, while Boise State evened its season ledger at 8-8.

Senior Kavi Sud and freshman Sebastien Vidal continued to roll in doubles and got the Tribe off on the right foot in pair’s competition with an easy 8-2 win at the No. 3 position. The W&M tandem won its fifth straight match, downing Blake Boswell and Steve Robertson. Sud and Vidal improved to 10-1 as a pair this season, including a 6-1 ledger in dual matches. Boise State rallied, though, to take the opening point of the match with victories at the No. 1 and No. 2 doubles slots.

The lone Tribe victory in singles came at the No. 4 position where junior Marwan Ramadan won his second straight three-set match. Ramadan downed Robertson, 6-4, 2-6, 6-2, to up his season ledger to 18-8 overall. He has won seven of his last eight matches, improving to an impressive 12-4 on the year in dual matches. Ramadan leads the Tribe in dual match wins, while sharing team-high honors in overall victories with junior Dominic Pagon at 18.

W&M will return to action when it wraps up its Spring Break trip on Wednesday, March 5, at No. 3 Georgia. The match is slated for a 2:30 p.m. start time.

#41 Boise State 6, #38 William and Mary 1
Singles
No. 1 - #64 Luke Shields (BSU) def. Alex Cojanu (W&M) - 6-3, 7-5
No. 2 - #60 Clancy Shields (BSU) def. Dominic Pagon (W&M) - 7-6, 6-2
No. 3 - Brent Werbeck (BSU) def. Keziel Juneau (W&M) - 6-2, 6-0
No. 4 - Marwan Ramadan (W&M) def. Steve Robertson (BSU) - 6-4, 2-6, 6-2
No. 5 - Paul Koenke (BSU) def. Sebastien Vidal (W&M) - 6-0, 6-3
No. 6 - Eric Roberson (BSU) def. Richard Wardell (W&M) - 6-4, 6-4
Finishing Order: 3, 5, 6*, 2, 1, 4

Doubles
No. 1 - #55 C.Shields/L.Shields (BSU) def. #16 Cojanu/Juneau (W&M) 8-2
No. 2 - Koenke/Roberson (BSU) def. Pagon/Wardell (W&M) - 8-6
No. 3 - Kavi Sud/Vidal (W&M) def. Blake Boswell/Robertson (BSU) - 8-2
Finishing Order: 3, 1, 2*