NORFOLK, Va. - The William & Mary men's tennis team closed out the regular season with a narrow 4-3 setback at No. 34-ranked Old Dominion on Sunday afternoon. The Green and Gold took the early lead by capturing the doubles point, but the Monarchs (16-6) won four of the six singles matches to pull out the team triumph. Senior Alec Miller led the charge for W&M (11-10) in singles with a top-100 win, while sophomore Brenden Volk continued his winning ways at No. 6.
 
After ODU won at the top doubles post, the Tribe responded with wins at No. 2 and No. 3 to claim the initial point of the match for the sixth time in the last eight matches. Senior Christian Cargill and freshman Louis Newman evened doubles play with a 6-4 win over Vincent Schneider and Jannik Giesse at the No. 3 spot. Volk and freshman Michael Chen won for the seventh time in their last eight matches to clinch the point with a 7-5 triumph over Adam Moundir and Javier Jover Maestre on line two.
 
In singles action, Miller won his second straight and notched his first career nationally-ranked win. The Tribe senior topped No. 96-ranked Aziz Kijametovic, 6-2, 7-6, at the No. 2 post. Volk won his fifth-straight match at the No. 6 position, upending Jover Maestre in three sets, 6-1, 5-7, 7-5. 
 
Notes
W&M captured the doubles point for the sixth time in the last eight matches … It marked the Tribe's seventh 4-3 match of the season and W&M is 5-2 in those contests … Sunday was the eighth time in the last 11 meetings between the Tribe and Monarchs that has finished with a 4-3 score line … Senior Christian Cargill and freshman Louis Newman won their second-straight match, improving to 13-7 overall and 8-5 in dual-match competition … Sophomore Brenden Volk and freshman Michael Chen won for the seventh time in their last eight matches … The duo is 7-2 on the year and 2-1 at No. 2 … Senior Alec Miller recorded his first career nationally-ranked win … Miller pulled his mark to 15-12 overall, 11-6 in duals and 7-1 at the No. 2 position … It was his 65th career singles win … Volk won his fifth match in a row at No. 6, improving to 5-3 on the year.
 
Up Next
The Tribe returns to action when it takes part in the 2018 Colonial Athletic Association Championship, April 20-22. The event will be held at the Jimmy Powell Tennis Center in Elon, N.C., for the third-straight year. The seeding for the CAA Championship will be released from the conference office early next week. The Tribe opens play in the quarterfinals on Friday, April 20. The quarterfinals are slated for both 9 a.m., and 1 p.m., depending on seed. The CAA Semifinals are set for Saturday, April 21, at 10 a.m., with the championship match on Sunday, April 22, at 10 a.m.
 
#34 Old Dominion 4, William & Mary 3
Singles
No. 1 – Adam Moundir (ODU) def. Christian Cargill (W&M) – 6-3, 6-4
No. 2 – Alec Miller (W&M) def. #96 Aziz Kijametovic (ODU) – 6-2, 7-6
No. 3 – Vincent Schneider (ODU) def. Lars de Boer (W&M) – 6-4, 6-0
No. 4 – Francois Musitelli (ODU) def. Finbar Talcott (W&M) – 7-5, 6-2
No. 5 - Jannik Giesse (ODU) def. Sebastian Quiros (W&M) – 6-4, 7-5
No. 6 - Brenden Volk (W&M) def. Javier Jover Maestre (ODU) – 6-1, 5-7, 7-5
Finishing Order: 3, 1, 4, 5*, 2, 6
 
Doubles
No. 1 – #66 Kijametovic/Musitelli (ODU) def. Bautil/Miller (W&M) – 6-2
No. 2 – Chen/Volk (W&M) def. Moundir/Jover Maestre (ODU) – 7-5
No. 3 – Cargill/Newman (W&M) def. Schneider/Giesse (ODU) – 6-4
Finishing Order: 1, 3, 2*