UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Sophomore Sebastian Quiros and freshman Oren Vasser posted singles wins on Friday night, but the William & Mary men's tennis team suffered a 4-2 setback at Big Ten foe Penn State.  
 
How It Happened
- The Nittany Lions (5-3) opened the match by capturing the doubles point. Ben Lieb and Alp Sentay won the No. 3 spot over the freshman duo of Oren Vasser and Daniel Pellerito, 6-2.
- In a match-up of nationally-ranked doubles teams, PSU's No. 4-ranked pair of Constant De La Basse and Gabriel Nemeth won the final three games at the top spot to down W&M's No. 45-ranked tandem of senior Tristan Bautil and sophomore Finbar Talcott, 6-2.
- After PSU increased the lead to 2-0 with a win at No. 2 singles, Vasser put W&M (0-6) on the board and picked up his first career dual-match singles win in straight sets at the fourth spot. The Tribe rookie topped junior Christos Antonopoulo, 6-2, 6-3, for his eighth win of the year.
- The senior duo of Constant De La Basse and Ben Lieb cemented the Penn State victory with wins at No. 1 and No. 5 singles. De La Basse downed junior Brenden Volk, 6-2, 7-5, at the top spot to increase PSU's lead to 3-1. At No. 5, Lieb clinched the Nittany Lion win with a 6-2, 6-1 triumph over Pellerito.
- Sophomore Sebastian Quiros notched the Tribe's second singles win of the night in three sets at No. 3. He took the opening set from Nemeth, 6-4, before the Penn State junior rallied to take the second, 6-0. The counterparts battled into the third-set tiebreaker where Quiros outlasted Nemeth, 7-5. He recorded his team-leading 13th singles win of the year and his second at No. 3 singles.
 
Up Next
The Tribe wraps up its brief road swing at Liberty on Saturday. The match will be played at Boonsboro Country Club (1709 B C C Dr, Lynchburg, VA 24503) at 4 p.m. Live stats for the match are available by clicking HERE.
 
Penn State 4, William & Mary 2
Singles
No. 1 – Constant De La Basse (PSU) def. Brenden Volk (W&M) – 6-2, 7-5
No. 2 – Christian Lakoseljac (PSU) def. Finbar Talcott (W&M) – 6-3, 6-1
No. 3 – Sebastian Quiros (W&M) def. Gabriel Nemeth (PSU) – 6-4, 0-6, 7-6 (5)
No. 4 – Oren Vasser (W&M) def. Christos Antonopoulo (PSU) – 6-2, 6-3
No. 5 – Ben Lieb (PSU) def. Daniel Pellerito (W&M) – 6-2, 6-1
No. 6 – Jordan Nickerson (PSU) vs. Michael Ruamthong (W&M) – DNF, 6-3
Finishing Order: 2, 4, 1, 5*, 3
 
Doubles
No. 1 - #4 De La Basse/Nemeth (PSU) def. #45 Bautil/Talcott (W&M) – 6-2
No. 2 – Antonopoulo/Lakoseljac (PSU) vs. Ruo/Volk (W&M) – DNF, 4-3
No. 3 – Lieb/Sentay (PSU) def. Vasser/Pellerito (W&M) – 6-2
Finishing Order: 3, 1*