LYNCHBURG, Va. – Sophomore Sebastian Quiros won his second-straight singles match, but the William & Mary men's tennis team fell at Liberty, 6-1, on Saturday evening at the Boonsboro Country Club.
 
How It Happened
- After Liberty (3-5) won at the No. 1 doubles post, junior Brenden Volk and sophomore Chen Ruo pulled the Tribe even with a 6-4 win over Josh Wilson and Eddie Gutierrez at the second spot. The Tribe tandem improved to 2-1 on the year.
- The Flames claimed the initial point of the match with a win at the third slot. Steve Mundt and Vince Salas edged the freshman duo of Oren Vasser and Daniel Pellerito, 7-5, to give Liberty the 1-0 advantage.
- LU increased its lead to 3-0 with wins at the top two positions, before the Tribe got on the board. Quiros close the gap to 3-1 with his second-straight win at No. 3. He topped Gutierrez in straight sets, 6-2, 6-4, to push his team-leading singles mark to 14-9.
- At No. 6, Pellerito jumped out to a set advantage with a 6-1 victory over Mundt in the opening set. The Liberty rookie led 1-0 in the second when Pellerito was forced to retire. The victory clinched the team triumph for the Flames.
- The matches at No. 4 and No. 5 singles both went three sets. Ian Stugill took the opening set in a tiebreaker from Vasser, 7-6 (3), at No. 4 before the Tribe rookie rallied to win the second 6-3. With the team result already decided, the counterparts met in a third-set super tiebreaker and Stugill edged Vasser, 10-8.
- At No. 5, Ruo and Chase Burton split the first two sets by matching 6-4 scores. The Flames junior took the third-set super tiebreaker, 10-6.
 
Up Next
The Tribe returns home for a pair of matches next week, hosting Ivy League foes Yale (Feb. 23) and Penn (Feb. 24). The W&M-Yale match is slated for 1 p.m. on Saturday with the Tribe-Quakers contest set for 10 a.m. on Sunday.
 
Liberty 6, William & Mary 1
Singles
No. 1 - #104 Nicaise Muamba (Liberty) def. Brenden Volk (W&M) – 5-0, retire
No. 2 – Josh Wilson (Liberty) def. Finbar Talcott (W&M) – 6-1, 6-0
No. 3 – Sebastian Quiros (W&M) def. Eddie Gutierrez (Liberty) – 6-2, 6-4
No. 4 – Ian Stugill (Liberty) def. Oren Vasser (W&M) – 7-6 (3), 3-6, 1-0 (8)
No. 5 – Chase Burton (Liberty) def. Chen Ruo (W&M) – 6-4, 4-6, 1-0 (6)
No. 6 – Steve Mundt (Liberty) def. Daniel Pellerito (W&M) – 1-6, 1-0, retire
Finishing Order: 1, 2, 3, 6*, 4, 5
 
Doubles
No. 1 – Muamba/Burton (Liberty) def. #45 Bautil/Talcott (W&M) – 6-2
No. 2 – Ruo/Volk (W&M) def. Gutierrez/Wilson (Liberty) – 6-4
No. 3 – Mundt/Salas (Liberty) def. Vasser/Pellerito (W&M) – 7-5
Finishing Order: 1, 2, 3*