GREENVILLE, N.C. – Freshman
Sebastian Quiros clinched the William & Mary men's tennis team's 4-3 road win at East Carolina on Saturday afternoon at the River Birch Tennis Complex. The Green and Gold (10-7) won the doubles point and received singles wins from sophomore
Brenden Volk, senior
Christian Cargill and Quiros to snap the Pirates' (18-4) 10-match win streak.
After a trio of ECU singles wins tied the match at three, Quiros pulled out the capper at the No. 5 spot. The Tribe rookie topped Javier Renones, 7-5, 6-0, for his fifth-straight win. The setback was Renones' first of the season in dual-match play as he entered the match at 21-5 overall and 15-0 in duals.
W&M claimed the doubles point for the fourth-match in a row and used the same formula with victories at No. 1 and No. 3. Freshman
Michael Chen and Volk won their fourth straight, upending Renones and Wisse Jonker, 6-2, on line three. The ECU duo was a perfect 14-0 on the year entering the contest. Senior
Alec Miller and junior
Tristan Bautil clinched the initial point for the third consecutive tilt, downing Vlad Anghel and Freddie McGeehan, 7-5, at the top spot.
Volk and Cargill increased the Tribe lead to 3-0 with singles wins. Volk posted a 6-1, 6-4 victory over Will Bissett at No. 6, while Cargill made quick work of Freddie McGeehan, 6-1, 6-2, on the second line. The Tribe senior posted his team-leading 16th singles win of the year.
Notes
W&M won for the third time in its last four matches and picked up its 10th victory of the season … The Tribe ran its win streak to 14 straight over ECU dating back to 1995 … The Green and Gold won the doubles point for the fourth match in a row … Senior
Alec Miller and junior
Tristan Bautil won their fourth-straight match and improved to 4-1 at No. 1 … Freshman
Michael Chen and sophomore
Brenden Volk won their fourth in a row at No. 3 doubles, improving to 4-1 as a pair … Volk tallied his first singles win with the Tribe after transferring from Northwestern in January … Senior
Christian Cargill won his seventh singles dual-match, improving to 5-4 at No. 2 … Cargill pushed his singles ledger to 16-14 overall and his win total leads the Tribe … Freshman
Sebastian Quiros tallied his fifth-straight win and improved to 14-10 on the year in singles play … He is a team-best 11-4 in dual-match play, including a 6-1 record at the No. 5 spot.
Up Next
W&M squares off with Middle Tennessee for the second-straight season. The Tribe travels to Murfreesboro, Tenn., for the first time on Sunday, April 8, at noon.
William & Mary 4, East Carolina 3
Singles
No. 1 – Vlad Anghel (ECU) def.
Alec Miller (W&M) – 6-4, 6-2
No. 2 –
Christian Cargill (W&M) def. Freddie McGeehan (ECU) – 6-1, 6-2
No. 3 – Ronny Georgi (ECU) def.
Louis Newman (W&M) – 6-4, 6-3
No. 4 – Kasey Countee (ECU) def.
Finbar Talcott (W&M) – 7-6 (5), 6-2
No. 5 –
Sebastian Quiros (W&M) def. Javier Renones (ECU) – 7-5, 6-0
No. 6 –
Brenden Volk (W&M) def. Will Bissett (ECU) – 6-1, 6-4
Finishing Order: 6, 2, 1, 4, 3, 5*
Doubles
No. 1 – Bautil/Miller (W&M) def. Anghel/McGeehan (ECU) – 7-5
No. 2 – Countee/Georgi (ECU) def. Cargill/Newman (W&M) – 6-4
No. 3 – Chen/Volk (W&M) def. Renones/Jonker (ECU) – 6-2
Finishing Order: 3, 2, 1*