RICHMOND, Va. – William & Mary men's tennis had its five-match win streak snapped at the hands of No. 44-ranked VCU, 6-1, on Thursday afternoon.
 
A day after rolling past in-state foe Richmond, the Green and Gold (7-5) suffered its first loss in over a month. Senior Sebastian Quiros provided the lone Tribe team point on the afternoon with a straight-sets win at No. 5.
 
How It Happened
- VCU (13-4) claimed the doubles point with a pair of narrow 6-4 victories at the No. 1 and No. 3 posts.
- The Rams received straight-set singles wins at the No. 3, No. 4 and No. 6 singles positions to secure the team victory. Tim Zgraggen snapped Chen Ruo's two-match win streak with a 6-3, 6-3 at No. 6 to clinch the Rams' 13th win of the year.
- On line five, Quiros won his second match in a row, improving to 7-5 on the year. The Tribe senior dropped just one game in taking the first set from VCU's Quentin Coulaud, 6-1. He pulled out the win cemented the win in second-set tiebreaker, 7-6 (5).
- The top two singles positions each went to third set super tiebreakers. At No. 1, graduate student Brenden Volk rallied from a set deficit, taking the second, 7-5, after Lleyton Cronje won the first, 6-4. The VCU sophomore claimed the third set super breaker, 10-6.
- Like his teammate, graduate student Lev Kazakov rallied from a set deficit to force a third set super breaker. Charles Bertimon won the opening set, 7-5, at No. 2 before Kazakov responded with a 6-2 win in the second. Bertimon snapped Kazakov's three-match win streak with a 10-4 win in the third set breaker.
 
Up Next
The Tribe hosts the 2021 CAA Championship at the Millie West Tennis Facility, April 30-May 2. Seeding and match times will be released in the coming weeks. W&M will open play in the event on Friday, April 30, in the quarterfinals.
 
#44 VCU 6, William & Mary 1
Singles
No. 1 – Lleyton Cronje (VCU) def. Brenden Volk (W&M) – 6-4, 5-7, 10-6
No. 2 – Charles Bertimon (VCU) def. Lev Kazakov (W&M) – 7-5, 2-6, 10-4
No. 3 – Inigo Torre Martin (VCU) def. George Davis (W&M) – 6-2, 6-1
No. 4 – Rayane Stable (VCU) def. Finbart Talcott (W&M) – 6-2, 6-2
No. 5 – Sebastian Quiros (W&M) def. Quentin Coulaud (VCU) – 6-1, 7-6 (5)
No. 6 – Tim Zgraggen (VCU) def. Chen Ruo (W&M) – 6-3, 6-3
Finishing Order: 3, 4, 6*, 2, 5, 1
 
Doubles
No. 1 – Cierny/Cronje (VCU) def. Volk/Davis (W&M) – 6-4
No. 2 – Torre Martin/Stable (VCU) vs. #75 Kazakov/Quiros (W&M) – DNF, 5-3
No. 3 – Coulaud/Bertimon (VCU) def. Ruo/Talcott (W&M) – 6-4
Finishing Order: 1, 3*