WILLIAMSBURG, Va. – The William & Mary men's tennis team dropped a 4-0 decision to Brown on Sunday afternoon at the McCormack-Nagelsen Tennis Center. In a match-up that was much closer than the final score indicates, all six singles contests were hotly contested, including a trio that went three sets. In the end, the Bears (4-1) claimed the doubles point and singles wins at No. 3, No. 4 and No. 6 to secure the victory.
 
How It Happened
- Brown opened the match by taking the doubles point with victories at No. 1 and No. 3. Ben Collier and Peter Litsky gave the visitors the early advantage with a 6-3 win over the freshman duo of Jack Kelly and Oren Vasser at No. 3. Roger Chou and Charles Tan clinched the initial point with a 6-4 upset of the No. 45 nationally-ranked pair of senior Tristan Bautil and Finbar Talcott.
- In singles, Brown won five of six first sets all in close fashion by 6-4 or 7-5 score lines. Jacob Walker increased the Bears lead to 2-0 with a 7-5, 6-4 win over sophomore Sebastian Quiros at No. 3.
- Tan held off a rally from Kelly at the No. 4 position. The Brown senior won the opening set, 6-4, and then defeated the Tribe rookie in a second-set tiebreaker, 7-6.
- Junior Brenden Volk and Talcott rallied to force third sets at the top two singles positions. Both players dropped the first set by narrow 7-5 margins. Volk rallied to take the second by a matching 7-5 score over Litsky. Talcott took the second set from Ching Lam, 6-4, and jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the third. Both matches were abandoned when the team result was decided.
-The No. 5 match-up between Vasser and Collier was in a third set as well when the match was decided. Vasser took the opening set, 7-5, before Collier answered with a 6-4 win in the second. The Tribe rookie led 2-0 in the third set when it was stopped.
- Robert Siniakowicz clinched the Brown victory with a 6-4, 7-5 victory over freshman Daniel Pellerito at No. 6.
 
Up Next
W&M hits the road next week for a pair of matches. The Tribe heads to Big Ten foe Penn State on Friday, Feb. 15, before traveling to Liberty on Saturday, Feb. 16. Both matches carry 4 p.m. start times.
 
Brown 4, William & Mary 0
Singles
No. 1 – Brenden Volk (W&M) vs. Peter Litsky (Brown) – DNF, 5-7, 7-5
No. 2 – Finbar Talcott (W&M) vs. Ching Lam (Brown) – DNF, 5-7, 6-4, 1-0
No. 3 – Jacob Walker (Brown) def. Sebastian Quiros (W&M) – 7-5, 6-4
No. 4 – Charles Tan (Brown) def. Jack Kelly (W&M) – 6-4, 7-6
No. 5 – Oren Vasser (W&M) vs. Ben Collier (Brown) – DNF, 7-5, 4-6, 2-0
No. 6 – Robert Siniakowicz (Brown) def. Daniel Pellerito (W&M) – 6-4, 7-5
Finishing Order: 3, 4, 6*
 
Doubles
No. 1 – Chou/Tan (Brown) def. #45 Bautil/Talcott (W&M) – 6-4
No. 2 – Ruo/Volk (W&M) vs. Walker/Lam (Brown) – DNF, 4-4
No. 3 – Collier/Litsky (Brown) def. Vasser/Kelly (W&M) – 6-3
Finishing Order: 3, 1*