PROVIDENCE, R.I. - The William & Mary men's tennis team used a trio of three-set singles wins to rally past the Brown Bears, 4-3, on Saturday afternoon. Trailing 2-1, junior Christian Cargill and seniors Aidan Talcott and Damon Niquet recorded three-set wins to propel the Green and Gold to its first win of the year.
 
Brown led 2-1 after posting singles wins at the No. 3 and No. 4 singles positions, but Cargill picked up his third victory of the year to even the match. The Tribe junior won the opening set in a tiebreaker, 7-6, before his Brown counterpart, Aaron Sandberg came back to take the second, 6-4. Not to be out done, Cargill turned it on in the decisive third, rolling to a 6-0 triumph to tie the team match at two.
 
After dropping the opening set at the top spot, Talcott rallied back to put the Tribe back in front with a triumph over to Peter Tarwid. The No. 72-ranked player in the country won the final two sets, 6-3, 6-3, to improved his ledger to 5-4.
 
Brown knotted the match at three with a win at No. 5, leaving the balance of the match in the hands a senior captain Damon Niquet. Brown's Jacob Walker won the opening set, 7-5, before Niquet mounted his comeback. He pulled out the second set, 6-4, before claiming his fifth win of year and clinching the team victory with a 6-3 triumph in the third set. It marked Niquet's 60th career singles win.
 
The Tribe opened the match by claiming the important doubles point with wins at No. 1 and No. 3. Brown won the first pairs match off the court at No. 2, before W&M answered with a win at No. 2. The Green and Gold duo of Cargill and junior Lars de Boer topped Brown's Sandberg and Lucas Da Silveira, 6-3, at No. 3. The initial point of the match came down to the top spot where Talcott and junior Ryan Newman upended Tarwid and Greg Garcia, 6-4. In clinching the doubles point, Talcott and Newman improved to 7-5 on the season.,
 
W&M wraps up its season-opening three-match Northeast road swing at Boston College on Sunday, Jan. 22. The match carries an 11 a.m. start time.
 
William & Mary 4, Brown 3
Singles
No. 1 - #72 Aidan Talcott (W&M) def. Peter Tarwid (Brown) – 4-6, 6-3, 6-3
No. 2 – Christian Cargill (W&M) def. Aaron Sandberg (Brown) – 7-6, 4-6, 6-0
No. 3 – Jack Haworth (Brown) def. Addison Appleby (W&M) – 6-3, 6-2
No. 4 – Greg Garcia (Brown) def. Alec Miller (W&M) – 3-6, 6-1, 6-2
No. 5 – Peter Litsky (Brown) def. Lars de Boer (W&M) – 7-6, 6-4
No. 6 – Damon Niquet (W&M) def. Jacob Walker (Brown) – 5-7, 6-4, 6-3
Finishing Order: 3, 4, 2, 1, 5, 6*
 
Doubles
No. 1 – Newman/Talcott (W&M) def. Tarwid/Garcia (Brown) – 6-4
No. 2 – Haworth/Arocho (Brown) def. Appleby/Bautil (W&M) – 6-3
No. 3 – Cargill/de Boer (W&M) def. Sandberg/Da Silveira (Brown) – 6-3
Finishing Order: 2, 3, 1*