WILLIAMSBURG, Va. - Youth was on display for the William & Mary men's tennis team on Sunday afternoon in its season opener. A trio of Green and Gold rookies posted singles wins, including the clincher from Louis Newman at No. 3, to rally the Tribe past two-time defending Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Champion Monmouth, 4-3, at the McCormack-Nagselen Tennis Center.
 
After senior Lars de Boer evened the match at three apiece with a win at No. 2, the balance of the tilt came down to Newman and two-time All-MAAC junior Albert Giuffrida for the visiting Hawks. The Tribe rookie claimed the opening set, 7-5, but trailed by a break at 6-5 in the second. Newman broke back in the 12th game to send it to a tiebreaker. The Green and Gold freshman dominated the tiebreaker ripping off seven of the final eight points, including a match-clinching ace, to close out a 7-6 (2) victory.
 
Monmouth opened the match by taking the doubles point, before freshman Sebastian Quiros quickly evened the match with a dominating 6-0, 6-1 win over Ole Gettler at No. 6. Fellow freshman Finbar Talcott followed with a victory at No. 4 over Will Cooke Wharton, 6-4, 6-2, while Monmouth claimed wins at No. 1 and No. 5 to maintain a 3-2 cushion.
 
de Boer set up the final dramatics for Newman with a straight-sets win at the No. 2 positions. The Tribe senior bounced Monmouth's Max Benaim, 6-3, 7-5, to tie the contest at three. It marked de Boer's 50th career singles win.
 
Notes
Freshmen Louis Newman, Finbar Talcott and Sebastian Quiros each recorded their first career dual-match singles wins … Talcott posted his second singles win in a row and sixth of the season … Senior Lars de Boer evened his season singles ledger at 5-5 … de Boer won his 50th career singles match and improved to a perfect 3-0 at the No. 2 position … Newman won his second straight and pushed his singles record to 8-4 … Quiros notched his fourth singles victory of the year … Senior Christian Cargill and Newman improved to 6-2 in doubles, sweeping Monmouth's Ole Gettler and Max Benaim, 6-0, at the No. 2 position … It marked Cargill's 75th career doubles win, which sits 10th on the Tribe's career list … Monmouth took the doubles point with wins at No. 1 and No. 3 … The Tribe won its season opener in 10th time of the last 11 years … The Green and Gold won its 11-straight home opener, dating back to 2008 … W&M improved to 3-0 all-time against MAAC teams.

Up Next
The Tribe continues its season-opening five-match homestand with tilts against CAA foe Elon and Ivy League counterpart Penn on Friday, Jan. 26, and Saturday, Jan. 27, respectively. W&M meets the Phoenix on Friday at 5 p.m., before welcoming Penn on Saturday at 7 p.m. Both matches will be played at the McCormack-Nagelsen Tennis Center and will be live streamed via PlaySight on TribeAthletics.com/TennisLive.
 
William & Mary 4, Monmouth 3
Singles
No. 1 – Nicola Pipoli (Monmouth) def. Christian Cargill (W&M) – 6-3, 6-4
No. 2 – Lars de Boer (W&M) def. Max Benaim (Monmouth) – 6-3, 7-5
No. 3 – Louis Newman (W&M) def. Albert Giuffrida (Monmouth) – 7-5, 7-6 (2)
No. 4 – Finbar Talcott (W&M) def. Will Cooke Wharton (Monmouth) – 6-4, 6-2
No. 5 – Sergio Martinez (Monmouth) def. Michael Chen (W&M) – 6-2, 6-3
No. 6 – Sebastian Quiros (W&M) def. Ole Gettler  (Monmouth) – 6-0, 6-1
Finishing Order: 6, 5, 4, 1, 2, 3*
 
Doubles
No. 1 – Pipoli/Giuffrida (Monmouth) def. Bautil/Chen (W&M) – 6-4
No. 2 – Cargill/Newman (W&M) def. Benaim/Gettler (Monmouth) – 6-0
No. 3 – Martinez/Wharton (Monmouth) def. de Boer/Talcott (W&M) – 6-2
Finishing Order: 2, 3, 1*