ELON, N.C. – The William & Mary men's tennis team dominated its Colonial Athletic Association Quarterfinal on Friday morning at the Jimmy Powell Tennis Center, topping No. 8 seed Delaware, 4-0. The Tribe (12-10) easily won the doubles point, before receiving singles wins from freshman Finbar Talcott and seniors Christian Cargill and Lars de Boer to advance to Saturday's semifinals.
 
In doubles, sophomore Brenden Volk and freshman Michael Chen continued their strong play, winning for the eighth time in the last nine matches. The duo won its third in a row at the No. 2 spot, dropping just one game in a 6-1 triumph over Nathan Benyowitz and Laurenz Lankes, who entered the match at 13-2 in dual-match play. Cargill and freshman Louis Newman put the finishing touches on the initial point, besting Justice Jones and Curran Verma, 6-4, at the No. 3 position.
 
In singles, the Tribe wasted little time jumping out to a decisive advantage, taking the opening set at all six positions. Cargill, de Boer and Talcott each dropped just two games in posting victories. Talcott increased the Tribe lead to 2-0 with a 6-2, 6-0, win over Blaise Casselbury at the No. 5 spot.
 
Cargill blanked Delaware's Dustin Britton, 6-0, in the opening set, before rolling in the second, 6-2, for his 17th win of the season. Classmate Lars de Boer dropped just one game in each set to clinch the Tribe's passage into the semifinals with a 6-1, 6-1 victory over Justice Jones at No. 4.
 
Notes
The Tribe advances to the CAA Semifinals for the sixth-straight season and the 21st time in the last 22 years … W&M improved to 9-0 all-time against Delaware, including a 5-0 mark in the CAA Tournament … The Green and Gold captured the doubles point for the third-straight match and seventh time in the last nine contests … Sophomore Brenden Volk and freshman Michael Chen have won eight of its last nine doubles matches … The duo improved to 8-2 overall in dual-match play and 3-1 at No. 2 … Senior Christian Cargill and freshman Louis Newman won their third in a row at No. 3 … The duo is a team-best 14-7 on the year, including a 9-5 mark in dual-match play … It marked Cargill's 83rd career doubles victory and puts him just one behind Tribe head coach Jeff Kader for seventh on the team's all-time list … Freshman Finbar Talcott and Cargill moved into a tie for the team lead in singles wins with Newman as they each tallied their 17th singles win of the year … Talcott leads the team with 12 dual-match singles wins and is 4-2 at No. 5 … Cargill won his eighth dual singles match of the year and third at No. 1 … de Boer notched his 55th career singles win and 10th on the year.
 
Up Next
The No. 1-seeded Tribe takes on No. 5 seed Drexel on Saturday in the CAA Semifinals at 10 a.m. The Dragons downed James Madison, 4-2, in the quarterfinals on Friday. It marks the third-straight CAA Championship in which the teams have met as W&M eliminated Drexel in the quarterfinals each of the previous two years. The 2018 CAA Championships are being hosted by Elon University at the Jimmy Powell Tennis Center in North Carolina.
 
#1 William & Mary 4, #8 Delaware 0
Singles
No. 1 – Christian Cargill (W&M) def. Dustin Britton (Delaware) – 6-0, 6-2
No. 2 – Alec Miller (W&M) vs. Colin Wong (Delaware) – DNF, 6-4, 1-0
No. 3 – Louis Newman (W&M) vs. Curran Verma (Delaware) – DNF, 7-6,
No. 4 – Lars de Boer (W&M) def. Justice Jones (Delaware) – 6-1, 6-1
No. 5 – Finbar Talcott (W&M) def. Blaise Casselbury (Delaware) – 6-2, 6-0
No. 6 – Sebastian Quiros (W&M) vs. Guilherme Valdoleiros (Delaware) – DNF, 6-1, 4-3
Finishing Order: 5, 1, 4*
 
Doubles
No. 1 – Bautil/Miller (W&M) vs. Casselbury/Wong (Delaware) – DNF, 5-3
No. 2 – Chen/Volk (W&M) def. Benyowitz/Lankes (Delaware) – 6-1
No. 3 – Cargill/Newman (W&M) def. Jones/Verma (Delaware) – 6-4
Finishing Order: 2, 3*