WILLIAMSBURG, Va. – The William & Mary men's tennis team honored its senior class of Tristan Bautil and Michael Ruamthong on Sunday afternoon the Millie West Tennis Facility. In its regular-season finale, the Tribe fell to Old Dominion, 6-1.
 
Highlighting the Green and Gold's effort was junior Brenden Volk and sophomore Chen Ruo. The Tribe tandem notched a top-20 nationally-ranked win at the top doubles post. It was the highest-ranked doubles win in dual-match play for a Green and Gold team since 2011 when Jamie Whiteford and Sebastien Vidal knocked off the No. 6 team in the country from Ohio State.
 
How It Happened
- Volk and Ruo started the match off in impressive fashion for the Tribe (3-15) with their third nationally-ranked win of the year. The duo topped the No. 18-ranked pair of Aziz Kijametovic and Francois Musitelli, 6-3, to give the Tribe the early lead in doubles. Volk and Ruo picked up their sixth win overall and fourth at No. 1.
- ODU (12-9) rallied with wins at No. 2 and No. 3 to clinch the doubles point. Jannik Giesse and Oliver Tobisch topped sophomore Finbar Talcott and freshman Daniel Pellerito, 6-4, on line three to give the visitors a 1-0 lead.
- The Monarchs recorded straight-sets wins in five of the six singles matches to secure the team triumph. Luca Maldoner posted the clinching triumph at the No. 4 spot.
- Volk won his second-straight match at the No. 3 position. He upended Jannik Giesse, 6-4, 7-6 (9), for his 12th victory of the season. Volk won for the fifth time in his last seven matches.
 
Up Next
- The Tribe returns to action when it takes part in the 2019 Colonial Athletic Association Championship, April 18-20. The event will be held at the Jimmy Powell Tennis Center in Elon, N.C., for the fourth-straight year.
- The seeding for the CAA Championship will be released from the conference office early next week.
- The Tribe opens play in the quarterfinals on Thursday, April 18. The CAA Semifinals are set for Friday, April 19, with the championship match on Saturday, April 20.
 
Old Dominion 6, William & Mary 1
Singles
No. 1 – #88 Aziz Kijametovic (ODU) def. Sebastian Quiros (W&M) – 7-6 (4), 6-1
No. 2 - Francois Musitelli (ODU) def. Finbar Talcott (W&M) – 6-2, 6-3
No. 3 - Brenden Volk (W&M) def. Jannik Giesse (ODU) – 6-4, 7-6 (9)
No. 4 – Luca Maldoner (ODU) def. Oren Vasser (WM) – 6-3, 6-3
No. 5 – Nicola Vidal (ODU) def. Chen Ruo (W&M) – 6-1, 6-4
No. 6 – Oliver Tobisch (ODU) def. Daniel Pellerito (W&M) – 6-1, 6-1
Finishing Order: 6, 5, 4*, 2, 1, 3
 
Doubles
No. 1 – Volk/ Ruo (W&M) def. #18 Kijametovic/Musitelli (ODU) – 6-3
No. 2 – Vidal/Maldoner (ODU) def. Quiros/Vasser (W&M) – 6-3
No. 3 – Giesse/Tobisch (ODU) def. Talcott/Pellerito (W&M) – 6-4
Finishing Order: 1, 2, 3*