WILLIAMSBURG, Va. – The William & Mary men's tennis team celebrated Senior Day on Saturday afternoon with a 6-1 win over Conference USA foe Charlotte at the Millie West Tennis Facility. After the Green and Gold (11-9) captured the doubles point, the program honored its three-member senior class of Christian Cargill, Lars de Boer and Alec Miller for their contribution over the last four seasons, including helping the team to the 2015 CAA Championship. W&M won five of the six singles matches over the 49ers (12-14) to claim the senior class's 53rd win over the last four years.
 
The Tribe claimed the doubles point to open the match for the fifth time in the last seven contests. Sophomore Brenden Volk and freshman Michael Chen raced out to a 5-0 lead on the way to a dominating 6-1 win over Benjamin Wayand and Leonardo Menezes at the No. 2 spot. Cargill and freshman Louis Newman gave the Tribe the 1-0 cushion with a 6-2 victory over Oriol Puig Forne and Siem Fenne at No. 3.
 
Like the doubles victories, the singles wins came in rapid succession. Newman and Talcott increased the Tribe advantage to 3-0 with wins at No. 3 and No. 4, respectively. Newman topped Constandinos Christoforou, 6-2, 6-3, for his team-leading 17th win of the year, while Talcott picked up his 16th victory, upending Menezes, 6-3, 7-5.
 
Volk and de Boer extended singles winning streaks to cement the Green and Gold victory. Volk won his fourth match in a row at the No. 6 slot, posting his first career clinching win thanks to a 7-5, 6-2 triumph over Siem Fenne. de Boer tallied his third-straight victory at No. 5, downing Puig Forne, 7-5, 6-3.
 
Miller rounded out the Tribe victory with a come-from-behind three-set win at the No. 2 spot. Wayand won the opening set, 7-5, before the Tribe senior rallied to force a decisive third with a 6-4 triumph. The Charlotte freshman jumped out to a 6-4 lead in the third-set super tiebreaker, before Miller won six of the final eight points on the way to a 10-8 victory.
 
Notes
W&M and Charlotte met for the first time since 1993 and the Green and Gold improved to 4-0 all-time against the 49ers … The Tribe claimed the doubles point for the fifth time in the last seven matches … Sophomore Brenden Volk and freshman Michael Chen won for the sixth time in their last seven matches, improving to 6-2 overall … The pair won at the No. 2 spot for the first time … Senior Christian Cargill and freshman Louis Newman clinched the doubles point for the third time this season … The duo upped its season record to 12-7 and 7-5 in dual-match play … It marked the 81st career doubles win for Cargill moving him into a tie for eighth on the Tribe's all-time list with Patrick Brown … Newman posted his 10th dual-match win of the season, upping his ledger to 17-12 overall and 6-6 at No. 3 … Freshman Finbar Talcott notched his 16th singles win of the season as he pushed his dual-match record to 11-8, including an 8-6 mark at No. 4 … Volk extended his win streak to four matches, improving to 4-3 in dual-match competition … It was his first career clinching dual-match singles win … Seniors Lars de Boer won his third-straight match and this ninth overall on the year … It was de Boer's 54th career singles win and 38th in dual-match play … He evened his dual-match mark at 5-5, improving to 3-0 at No. 5 … Senior Alec Miller tallied his 64th career singles wins and 49th in dual-match play … He improved to 14-12 overall, 10-6 in duals and 6-1 at the No. 2 spot.
 
Up Next
The Tribe wraps up the regular season on Sunday, April 15, when it treks to No. 34 Old Dominion. The match carries a 1 p.m. start time from the Folkes-Stevens Tennis Center in Norfolk.
 
William & Mary 6, Charlotte 1
Singles
No. 1 - #125 Luca Keist (Charlotte) def. Christian Cargill (W&M) – 4-6, 6-1, 6-4
No. 2 – Alec Miller (W&M) def. Benjamin Wayand (Charlotte) – 5-7, 6-4, 10-8
No. 3 – Louis Newman (W&M) def. Constandinos Christoforou (Charlotte) – 6-2, 6-3
No. 4 – Finbar Talcott (W&M) def. Leonardo Menezes (Charlotte) – 6-3, 7-5
No. 5 – Lars de Boer (W&M) def. Oriol Puig Forne (Charlotte) – 7-5, 6-3
No. 6 – Brenden Volk (W&M) def. Siem Fenne (Charlotte) – 7-5, 6-2
Finishing Order: 3, 4, 6*, 5, 2, 1
 
Doubles
No. 1 – Bautil/Miller (W&M) vs. Keist/Christoforou (Charlotte) – DNF, 3-3
No. 2 – Chen/Volk (W&M) def. Wayand/Menezes (Charlotte) – 6-1
No. 3 – Cargill/Newman (W&M) def. Puig Forne/Fenne (Charlotte) – 6-2
Finishing Order: 2, 3*