Tribe Falls to No. 8 Tulsa at Blue Gray Classic

W&M will meet No. 49 N.C. State on Friday, March 14, at 5 p.m.

03/13/08 11:00PM

Montgomery, Ala. - The No. 60 William and Mary men’s tennis team dropped its opening round match of the Blue Gray Tennis Classic falling to No. 8 Tulsa, 4-0. W&M fell to 11-8 on the year, while Tulsa, who was the highest ranked team at the event, improved to 11-2 on the season.

In doubles, the Golden Hurricane took the initial point of the match, claiming the No. 1 and No. 3 positions by identical 8-3 scores. Tulsa took the match with straight set wins at the No. 2, No. 4 and No. 5 positions, despite the Tribe battling tough at the other three slots.

At the top singles spot, senior Alex Cojanu, who is ranked No. 124 nationally, led No. 41-ranked Arnau Brugues before their match was called due to the outcome of the match already being decided. Cojanu took the opening set from Brugues, 7-5. At the No. 6 position, sophomore Richard Wardell claimed the opening set over Ross Cunningham, 6-2, before Cunningham took the second set, 6-0, prior to the team match being decided. Despite dropping the first set, 6-2, junior Marwan Ramadan led Victor Kolik of Tulsa, 6-5, in the second set at the No. 3 slot, before the match was suspended.

W&M will battle No. 49 N.C. State on Friday, March 1, in the consolation bracket of the Blue Gray Classic. The match is slated for a 4 p.m. start at the Lagoon Park Tennis Center in Montgomery, Ala.

#8 Tulsa 4, #60 William and Mary 0
Singles
No. 1 - #124 Alex Cojanu (W&M) vs. #41 Arnau Brugues (Tulsa) – 7-5, DNF
No. 2 – #105 Ricardo Soriano (Tulsa) def. Dominic Pagon (W&M) – 6-3, 6-1
No. 3 – Victor Kolik (Tulsa) vs. Marwan Ramadan (W&M) – 6-2, 5-6, DNF
No. 4 – Will Gray (Tulsa) def. Keziel Juneau (W&M) – 6-1, 6-1
No. 5 – Alberto Sottocorno (Tulsa) def. Sebastien Vidal (W&M) – 6-3, 6-2
No. 6 – Richard Wardell (W&M) vs. Ross Cunningham (Tulsa) – 6-2, 0-6, DNF

Doubles
No. 1 – #25 Andy Connelly/Cunningham (Tulsa) def. Cojanu/Pagon (W&M) – 8-3
No. 2 – Juneau/Wardell (W&M) vs. #35 Brugues/Soriano (Tulsa) – DNF
No. 3 – Kolik/Sottocorno (Tulsa) def. Sud/Vidal (W&M) – 8-3