WILLIAMSBURG, Va. – The William & Mary men's tennis team splits its matches between the road and home this week. The Tribe wraps up a three-match road trip on Friday at George Washington before kicking off a season-long homestand on Sunday against East Carolina.
 
The match with the Colonials will be played in Sterling, Va., at the Trump National Golf Club at 1:30 p.m., while Sunday's home match against the Pirates is set for 12 p.m. at the Millie West Tennis Facility, weather permitting.  Live stats for the ECU match are available by clicking HERE.
 
Scouting the Tribe
- W&M is coming off a 6-1 CAA setback at Elon on Sunday. Sophomore Sebastian Quiros led the Tribe with a three-set win at the No. 2 spot.
- Quiros rallied from a set deficit to knock off Mario Paccini, who is a three-time All-CAA selection including first team picks in 2016 and 2018. Quiros leads W&M with 15 singles wins and four in dual-match play.
- Prior to the loss at Elon, W&M dropped a pair of nailbiters to then-No. 23 Penn and at Virginia Tech. The Tribe captured the doubles point in both matches, and sophomore Chen Ruo picked up singles wins in both contests. Sophomore Finbar Talcott posted a win at No. 3 singles against the Quakers.
- In the match with the Hokies, four matches went to three sets with VT winning all four to rally past the Tribe, 5-2. W&M led the nationally-ranked Quakers, 3-2, but Penn won the final two matches in three sets to squeak out the 4-3 win.
- On March 6, junior Brenden Volk and Ruo earned CAA Doubles Team of the Week honors after posting their second nationally-ranked victory of the year at No. 1. The duo knocked off No. 25-ranked Henrik Korsgaard and Alex Ribeiro of Virginia Tech at the top spot, 7-5.
- It marked the Tribe's second-straight weekly doubles award after senior Tristan Bautil and freshman Oren Vasser earned the honor on Feb. 27. The duo went 2-0 at No. 2 in helping W&M to the doubles point against Yale and Penn.
- Half of the Tribe's losses this season have come to teams currently in the national top 50, including No. 4 Virginia, No. 8 Florida, No. 39 Penn, No. 42 Penn State and No. 49 Princeton. Half the Tribe's 10 matches have also come against major conference opponents.
- Qurios and Talcott both posted nationally-ranked singles wins during the Tribe's opening three dual-matches of the season. Quiros knocked off No. 38-ranked Gianni Ross of Virginia in three-sets, 6-3, 0-6, 6-2. It was W&M's highest ranked dual-match singles win since 2010. Talcott topped No. 104-ranked Brandon Lancaster of Louisville, 7-5, 6-1, at No. 2 on Jan. 27 for his first career ranked win.
- On Feb. 26, the quartet of freshmen Jack Kelly and Daniel Pellerito and sophomores Chen Ruo and Sebastian Quiros joined a W&M-record 164 Provost Awards for 2018-19 school year. The Provost Awards, now in their 16th year, recognize athletes who have a cumulative GPA over 3.5 in their careers.
 
Scouting George Washington
- The Colonials sit at 3-7 on the year after dropping its last three matches in Florida. GW fell at No. 48 Florida Atlantic, 7-0, on Saturday before dropping a 5-2 decision at FGCU on Sunday and a 6-1 contest at South Florida to close out the trip on Monday.
- George Washington has already faced one CAA team, falling to Drexel, 4-3, on Feb. 22.
- The Colonials are 2-0 in A-10 play thanks to wins over La Salle and Duquesne.
- W&M and GW have one common opponent in Liberty. Both teams dropped 6-1 decisions at the Flames.
- Five Colonials players have tallied double-digit wins on the year led by Dennis Afansev's 14.
- Ben Barnett leads GW with a 5-4 dual-match mark at No. 3.
- Zeng, who is 12-12 overall, is 4-6 at the top two spots, including two wins at No. 1.
- George Washington has claimed the doubles point on five occasions this season.
- Zeng and Barnett are 3-3 at the top spot, while Afanasev and Ryan Navarro own a 5-3 ledger at No. 3.
 
Series History: W&M vs. George Washington
- The Tribe holds a 15-2 mark in the all-time series with George Washington and has won six straight against the Colonials.
- W&M downed GW, 5-2, in the last meeting during the 2017 season in Williamsburg.
 
Scouting ECU
- East Carolina enters the match with the Tribe at 11-3 on the year but have dropped two of its last three matches. The Pirates dropped their most recent contest in narrow 4-3 fashion at North Florida on March 6.
- The Tribe is the fourth Virginia school that ECU has faced this season. The Pirates owns wins over JMU (4-3), Mason (7-0), Richmond (4-3).
- W&M is the second of four CAA opponents for ECU. Along with their victory already over JMU, the Pirates travel to both Charleston and Elon as well.
- ECU has won the doubles point in nine of its 14 matches, including each of the last two. In singles, the Pirates are 57-19 (.750) as a team in dual-match play.
- In doubles, Wisse Jonker and Javier Renones are 7-3 overall, including a 3-0 mark at the top spot. Austin Allen and Diogo Marques have enjoyed success as well, racking up an 8-3 record, including a 5-0 mark on line two.
- Marques, a freshman, holds down the No. 1 singles post and owns a 5-4 record at the top. He is 17-10 overall.
- Vlad Anghel has tallied a 14-10 overall record, including a 9-5 mark at top two spots. He is 7-3 at No. 2.
- Jonker and Renones have been dominant at No. 3 and No. 4 singles for ECU. Jonker is tied for a team lead with 17 singles wins, including an 11-3 dual-match mark primarily at No. 3. Renones is undefeated at 10-0 primarily playing at No. 4 in dual-match play to boost his overall record to 16-7.
 
Series History: W&M vs. East Carolina
- The Tribe leads the all-time series with East Carolina at 22-4 and has won 14 straight dating back to 1995.
- W&M and ECU meet for the third-straight season and the second time in the last three in Williamsburg.
- The Tribe is 12-2 all-time against the Pirates in Williamsburg, including a 6-1 victory in 2017.
- Last season, W&M downed ECU, 4-3, in Greenville. The Green and Gold captured the doubles point against the Pirates. Sebastian Quiros clinched the Tribe victory with a win at No. 5 singles, while Brenden Volk added a win at the No. 6 spot.
 
Up Next
- The Tribe continues its homestand welcoming Middle Tennessee to Williamsburg on Sunday, March 24, at 11 a.m.