NOTRE DAME, Ind. - The William & Mary men's tennis team opened a four-match road trip with a 7-0 setback at Notre Dame on Saturday afternoon. The setback snapped the Tribe's three-match winning streak as W&M fell to 3-2, while Notre Dame improved to 3-2.
 
The Irish claimed the doubles point with wins at the No. 1 and No. 3 positions. Josh Hagar and Jonathan Small gave Notre Dame the early lead with a 6-1 win over senior Damon Niquet and junior Christian Cargill at the third position. At the top spot, the Irish's Grayson Broadus and Brendon Kempin just edged senior Aidan Talcott and junior Ryan Newman, 6-4, to clinch the doubles point.
 
Notre Dame won five of the six singles matches in straight sets. The Irish posted wins at No. 2 and No. 6 singles to increase its lead to 3-0, before Broadus clinched the win with a 6-3, 6-3 victory over junior Alec Miller at No. 4.
 
Talcott and junior Lars de Boer dropped a pair of close matches at No. 1 and No. 5, while senior Addison Appleby fell in a three-set battle. At the top spot in a match-up of nationally-ranked players, Hager, who is No. 27 in the country, won the opening set from Talcot, 6-0, before the No. 72-ranked Tribe player forced a second-set tiebreaker. Hagar pulled out the win with a 7-5 victory in the tiebreaker. de Boer battled Guillermo Cabrera to a 6-4, 6-4 result at No. 5.
 
Appleby claimed the opening set from Notre Dame's Matt Gamble in a tiebreaker, 7-6 (7) at No. 3. The Irish player rallied to take the second set, 6-3, and outlasted his Tribe counterpart in the third-set super tiebreaker, 10-7.
 
The Tribe returns to action with its second match in the Hoosier State on Sunday. W&M travels to reigning Horizon League Champion Valparaiso for a noon contest.
 
Notre Dame 7, William & Mary 0
Singles
No. 1 - #27 Josh Hagar (UND) def. #72 Aidan Talcott (W&M) – 6-0, 7-6 (5)
No. 2 - #119 Alex Lebedev (UND) def. Christian Cargill (W&M) – 6-0, 6-1
No. 3 – Matt Gamble (UND) def. Addison Appleby (W&M) – 6-7, 6-3, 10-7
No. 4 – Grayson Broadus (UND) def. Alec Miller (W&M) – 6-3, 6-3
No. 5 – Guillermo Cabrera (UND) def. Lars de Boer (W&M) –6-4, 6-4
No. 6 – Jonathan Small (UND) def. Damon Niquet (W&M) – 6-1, 6-1
Finishing Order: 2, 6, 4*, 5, 1, 3
 
Doubles
No. 1 – Broadus/Kempin (UND) def. Talcott/Newman (W&M) – 6-4
No. 2 – Bautil/Appleby (W&M) vs. Gamble/Alex Lebedev (UND) – DNF, 3-5
No. 3 – Hagar/Small (UND) def. Cargill/Niquet (W&M) – 6-1
Finishing Order: 3, 1*