WILLIAMSBURG, Va. – The William & Mary men's tennis team remained undefeated in Colonial Athletic Association play, blanking instate rival James Madison, 7-0, on Saturday afternoon at the McCormack-Nagelsen Tennis Center. The Green and Gold (8-6) set itself up to potentially be the top seed in the league championship thanks its 2-0 CAA ledger. Seniors Alec Miller and Christian Cargill as well as freshmen Louis Newman and Michael Chen highlighted the Tribe effort with wins in both singles and doubles against the Dukes (12-3, 2-1 CAA).
 
The Tribe swept doubles to take the initial point of the match. At the top spot, junior Tristan Bautil and Miller raced out to a 5-0 lead on the way to a dominating 6-1 win over Theophile Lanthiez and Paul Mendoza. The JMU duo won the CAA Doubles Team of the Week honor on Tuesday and was 10-4 at No. 1.
 
Sophomore Brenden Volk and Chen won the final four games at No. 3 to clinch the doubles point with a 6-2 win over Gonzalo Adis and Tate Steinour.  Cargill and Newman rounded out the doubles sweep with their third-straight win on the two line, downing Alvaro Arce and Pierre Kohler, 6-3.
 
Chen wasted little time increasing the Tribe lead to 2-0 with his first career dual-match singles victory. The Tribe rookie won four of the final five games of the first set for a 6-4 triumph, before topping Adis, 6-2, in the second.
 
Cargill pushed the Green and Gold margin to 3-0 with a 7-5, 6-2 victory over Alvaro Arce at No. 2. His doubles teammate, Newman, cemented the Tribe victory for the third time this season. He bounced 2017 CAA Rookie of the Year Damon Roberts, 7-6, 7-5, at No. 3.
 
Miller and freshmen Finbar Talcott and Sebastian Quiros rounded out the Tribe sweep with three-set wins at No. 1, No. 4 and No. 5. After dropping a first-set tiebreaker to Mendoza, Miller rallied to win the match taking the second, 6-3, and the third-set super breaker, 10-5.
 
Talcott and Quiros both claimed opening sets from Kohler and Lanthiez, respectively, on lines four and five, before the JMU players answered with triumphs in the second. The Tribe rookies both pulled out 7-5 victories in the third to finalize the sweep.
 
Notes
The Tribe won its sixth straight against JMU and has won 23 of the last 24 meetings between the programs … Overall, W&M holds a 32-15 advantage in the all-time series, including a 27-7 cushion in Williamsburg … Senior Alec Miller and junior Tristan Bautil won their first match at the top doubles post, while sophomore Brenden Volk and freshman Michael Chen did the same at No. 3 … Senior Christian Cargill and freshman Louis Newman won their third-straight match at No. 2 doubles, improving to 11-5 overall and 6-3 in dual-match play … The doubles win was the 80th of Cargill's career, which ranks ninth in program history … Chen notched his first collegiate dual-match singles win and picked up his sixth overall on the year … Cargill notched his 14th singles win of the year and his fifth in dual-match play at the top-two posts … Newman picked up his third match clinching win of the year  … He pushed his team-best singles mark to 15-9, including an 8-5 dual-match mark and a 4-3 ledger at No. 3 … Miller extended his singles record to 13-10 overall, 9-4 in duals and 4-3 at the top spot … Like Miller, freshman Finbar Talcott upped his team-best dual-match singles mark to 9-4, including a 6-2 mark at No. 4 … Talcott is 14-11 overall in singles competition … Freshman Sebastian Quiros ran his record to 11-10 overall … He improved to 8-4 in duals and 3-1 at No. 5 with his second-straight victory.
 
Up Next
The Tribe wraps up its brief two-match homestand, welcoming Sun Belt Conference foe Troy to Williamsburg on Sunday, March 18. The contest carries an 11 a.m. start time from the McCormack-Nagelsen Tennis Center.
 
William & Mary 7, James Madison 0
Singles
No. 1 – Alec Miller (W&M) def. Paul Mendoza (JMU) – 6-7, 6-3, 10-5
No. 2 – Christian Cargill (W&M) def. Alvaro Arce (JMU) – 7-5, 6-2
No. 3 – Louis Newman (W&M) def. Damon Roberts (JMU) – 7-6, 7-5
No. 4 – Finbar Talcott (W&M) def. Pierre Kohler (JMU) – 6-4, 3-6, 7-5
No. 5 – Sebastian Quiros (W&M) def. Theophile Lanthiez (JMU) – 6-3, 3-6, 7-5
No. 6 – Michael Chen (W&M) def. Gonzalo Adis (JMU) – 6-4, 6-2
Finishing Order: 6, 2, 3*, 1, 4, 5
 
Doubles
No. 1 – Bautil/Miller (W&M) def. Lanthiez/Mendoza (JMU) – 6-1
No. 2 – Cargill/Newman (W&M) def. Arce/Kohler (JMU) – 6-3
No. 3 – Chen/Volk (W&M) def. Adis/Steinour (JMU) – 6-2
Finishing Order: 1, 3*, 2