WILLIAMSBURG, Va. – Different opponent, same story for the William & Mary men's tennis team, and on Charter Day, it involved the program's highest nationally-ranked win in 11 years. The Tribe used its singles dominance, winning four of the six matches, including a nationally-ranked win for senior Christian Cargill, to upset No. 25-ranked South Carolina, 4-3, at the McCormack-Nagelsen Tennis Center. The Green and Gold ran its season-opening win streak to five matches, the longest since 1950. Along with Cargill, the Tribe's freshman class once again came up big thanks to singles wins from Louis Newman, Finbar Talcott and Sebastian Quiros.
 
Quiros and Newman displayed poise beyond their years, answering Gamecock wins to keep W&M even the its nationally-ranked SEC counterpart. Quiros won his third straight, dropping just two games in a convicting 6-1, 6-1 triumph over USC's Thomas Brown at No. 6. Newman stayed unbeaten in dual-match play at 5-0 thanks to a 6-3, 6-3 win over previously nationally-ranked Thomas Mayronne at No. 4. The South Carolina senior was ranked as high as No. 84 nationally this season.
 
Following a Gamecock victory at No. 3, Cargill turned in the strongest performance of his senior campaign, upending No. 109-ranked Gabriel Friedrich, 7-6, 6-4. It was Cargill's fifth career nationally-ranked win, while Friedrich, a two-time All-SEC pick, was ranked as high as No. 28 earlier this season and has competed in the NCAA Singles Championship each of the last two years.
 
For the second time this season, the balance of the match came down to Talcott at the No. 5 position. USC's Wood Benton claimed the opening set in a tiebreaker, but the Tribe rookie found the answer. He ripped off back-to-back sets of 6-2, 6-2 to clinch the program's highest-ranked win since 2007.
 
Notes
The Tribe's 5-0 start is the program's best since 1950 … W&M won 82-straight matches between 1945-50 … Friday's win was the program's best over a nationally-ranked opponent since the Green and Gold upended No. 23 Old Dominion, 4-3, in 2007 … Freshman Sebastian Quiros won his third-straight match, evening his singles mark at 7-7 and improving to 4-1 in dual-match play … Freshman Louis Newman won his sixth match in row and is a perfect 5-0 in dual-match competition … Newman leads the team with a 12-4 singles record … Senior Christian Cargill produced his fifth career nationally-ranked singles win … Cargill won his second-straight match and tallied his 11 singles win of the year … Freshman Finbar Talcott produced his second three-set clincher at the No. 5 spot after accomplishing the feat against Elon as well … Talcott improved to 9-8 overall and 4-1 in dual-match play with his second win in row … All five Tribe wins have been clinched by freshmen this season … W&M won four of its five matches this season by narrow 4-3 scores.
 
Up Next
The Tribe travels to Richmond for a neutral site match with reigning Southern Conference Champion East Tennessee State on Sunday. The match carries a 10 a.m., start time from the Thalhimer Tennis Center at VCU.
 
William & Mary 4, #25 South Carolina 3
Singles
No. 1 – Christian Cargill (W&M) def. #109 Gabriel Friedrich (USC) – 7-6, 6-4
No. 2 – Paul Jubb (USC) def. Alec Miller (W&M) – 6-4, 6-2
No. 3 – #95 Yancy Dennis (USC) def. Lars de Boer (W&M) – 7-6, 6-3
No. 4 – Louis Newman (W&M) def. Thomas Mayronne (USC) – 6-3, 6-3
No. 5 – Finbar Talcott (W&M) def. Wood Benton (USC) – 6-7, 6-2, 6-2
No. 6 – Sebastian Quiros (W&M) def. Thomas Brown (USC) – 6-1, 6-1
Finishing Order: 6, 2, 4, 3, 1, 5*                  
 
Doubles
No. 1 – Dennis/Friedrich (USC) def. Miller/Chen (W&M) – 6-4
No. 2 – Jubb/Mayronne (USC) def. Cargill/Newman (W&M) – 6-3
No. 3 – Bautil/de Boer (W&M) vs. Benton/O'Keefe (USC) – DNF, 5-5
Finishing Order: 1, 2*