ELON, N.C. – For the third time in the last four years, the William & Mary men's tennis team earned a spot in the Colonial Athletic Association Championship match thanks to a 4-0 win over No. 5 seed Drexel on Saturday morning at the Jimmy Powell Tennis Center. The Tribe (13-10) used the same doubles combination with wins at No. 2 and No. 3 to take a 1-0 lead, before freshmen Finbar Talcott and Sebastian Quiros and  sophomore Brenden Volk provided singles victories at the bottom three spots to complete the sweep.
 
For the fourth-straight match, the Tribe used the combination of wins at the No. 2 and No. 3 positions to claim the opening point of the contest. Volk and freshman Michael Chen tallied a 6-3 win over the Drexel (14-8) pair of Balaji Lakshmanan and Sanil Jagtiani, who entered the match at 13-4, at the No. 2 spot. Senior Christian Cargill and freshman Louis Newman provided the clincher, upending Hamza Laalej and Xandy Hammitt, 6-3, at the third spot. It was the duo's fourth win in a row and the 84th of Cargill's career. He moved into a tie for seventh on the Tribe's career doubles wins list with his head coach Jeff Kader.
 
Quiros turned in a strong effort at the No. 5 position to push the Tribe advantage to 2-0. The Green and Gold rookie rolled past Bernard Tefel, 6-3, 6-0, and pushed his record to 7-3 on line five.  
 
Just like quarterfinals, Talcott turned in a dominating performance in singles action, this time extending W&M's lead to 3-0 in the semifinals. The Tribe freshman won his team-leading 18th singles match of the season, taking down Sanil Jagtiani, 6-2, 6-2, at No. 4.
 
Volk notched his second clincher in the last two weeks with a victory at the No. 6 spot. The Tribe sophomore won his sixth-straight match and cemented W&M's spot in the title match with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Youssef Lahlou.
 
Notes
The Tribe advanced to the championship match for the third time in the last four years … W&M improved to 12-12 all-time in the CAA Semifinals, earning its 12th championship match appearance … The Green and Gold moved to 42-29 in the CAA Championship … The Tribe upped its mark to 4-0 all-time against Drexel, all in the CAA tournament … W&M eliminated the Dragons for the third-straight championship … Sophomore Brenden Volk and freshman Michael Chen, winners in nine of their last 10 matches, won their fourth straight at No. 2 and improved to 9-2 on the year … Senior Christian Cargill and freshman Louis Newman improved to 15-7 overall and 10-5 in dual-match play with their fourth win in a row at No. 3 … The win was the 84th of Cargill's career, moving him into a tie for seventh on the Tribe's doubles wins list with current W&M head coach Jeff Kader … Freshman Sebastian Quiros upped his ledger to 15-12 overall, 12-6 in dual-match play and 7-3 at the No. 5 spot … Freshman Finbar Talcott pushed his team-leading singles win total to 18 … He is 13-9 in dual-match play, including a 9-7 mark at No. 4 … Volk tallied his sixth-straight win at the No. 6 spot, improving to 6-3 in dual-match competition.
 
Up Next
The Tribe makes its third appearance in the CAA Championship match over the last four years on Sunday, April 22. W&M squares off with No. 3 seed and defending CAA Champion UNCW in a rematch of the 2017 title tilt. The championship match is set for 10 a.m. at the Jimmy Powell Tennis Center.
 
#1 William & Mary 4, #5 Drexel 0
Singles
No. 1 – Christian Cargill (W&M) vs. Hamza Laalej (Drexel) – DNF, 6-1, 5-6
No. 2 – Alec Miller (W&M) vs. Balaji Lakshmanan (Drexel) – DNF, 4-6, 6-3
No. 3 – Lars de Boer (W&M) vs. Sinan Orhon (Drexel) – DNF, 6-0, 5-6
No. 4 – Finbar Talcott (W&M) def. Sanil Jagtiani (Drexel) – 6-2, 6-2
No. 5 – Sebastian Quiros (W&M) def. Bernard Tefel (Drexel) – 6-3, 6-0
No. 6 – Brenden Volk (W&M) def. Youssef Lahlou (Drexel) – 6-3, 6-2
Finishing Order: 5, 4, 6*
 
Doubles
No. 1 – Bautil/Miller (W&M) vs. Orhon/Tefel (Drexel) – DNF, 4-4
No. 2 – Chen/Volk (W&M) def. Lakshmanan/Jagtiani (Drexel) – 6-3
No. 3 – Cargill/Newman (W&M) def. Hammitt/Laalej (Drexel) – 6-3
Finishing Order: 2, 3*