WILLIAMSBURG, Va. – Graduate student Joseph Brailovsky and sophomores Sean Joseph and Alexander Karman picked up singles wins on Saturday afternoon, but visiting Liberty squeaked out a narrow 4-3 victory over the Tribe at the McCormack-Naglesen Tennis Center.
 
The Flames (3-3) won a close doubles point and then was able to tally a trio of singles wins, including a three-setter at the top spot.
 
How It Happened
- Liberty picked up the initial point of the match, claiming the doubles point. Graduate student Bill Duo and senior George Davis led 5-4 at the top spot, but the Flames No. 2 team of Deji Thomas-Smith and Luis Felipe Miguel secured the point with a narrow 6-4 win on line two.
- The visitor increased its lead to 2-0 with a win at No. 3 singles. Davis and Liberty's Josh Wilson locked horns in a three-set tilt at the top spot. After the Tribe senior won the opening set, 6-3, the two-time All-ASUN first teamer rallied with 6-3, 6-2 victories in the final two sets to push the margin to 3-0.
- Felipe Manuel clinched the LU team victory with a tiebreaker win in the second set at No. 5.
- Karman picked up the Tribe's first triumph in come-from-behind fashion on line six. After dropping the first set, 6-4, the Green and Gold sophomore won the second, 7-5, and then outlasted Thando Longwe-Smit, 10-5, in the breaker. It was Karman's first dual-match victory with the Tribe and his seventh overall on the year.
- Brailovsky won in straight-sets at the No. 2 spot. He downed another All-ASUN first teamer in Deji Thomas-Smith by a 7-5, 7-6 (5) scoreline. Brailovsky extended his team-leading singles record to 12-6, while also improving to 2-1 on line two.
- Joseph rounded out the Tribe singles victories with a three-set triumph at No. 4. After splitting the opening two sets, the Tribe sophomore battled Liberty's Christiaan Worst into a third-set tiebreaker. He took control in the breaker with a dominating 7-1 performance. It marked Joseph's third win of the year as he upped his mark to 2-1 at No. 4.
 
Up Next
The Tribe returns to action with its first Colonial Athletic Association match of the year, welcoming Hampton to the McCormack-Nagelsen Tennis Center on Friday at 5 p.m.
 
Liberty 4, William & Mary 3
Singles
No. 1 – Josh Wilson (Liberty) def. George Davis (W&M) – 2-6, 6-3, 6-2
No. 2 – Joseph Brailovsky (W&M) def. Deji Thomas-Smith (Liberty) – 7-5, 7-6 (5)
No. 3 – Beau Pelletier (Liberty) def. Bill Duo (W&M) – 6-2, 6-4
No. 4 – Sean Joseph (W&M) def. Christiaan Worst (Liberty) – 6-4, 1-6, 7-6 (1)
No. 5 – Luis Felipe Miguel (Liberty) def. Daniel Pellerito (W&M) – 6-3, 7-6 (6)
No. 6 – Alexander Karman (W&M) def. Thando Longwe-Smit (Liberty) – 4-6, 7-5, 10-5
Finishing Order: 3, 1, 5*, 6, 2, 4
 
Doubles
No. 1 – Davis/Duo (W&M) vs. Wilson/Worst (Liberty) – DNF, 5-4
No. 2 – Felipe Miguel/Thomas-Smith (Liberty) def. Brailovsky/Silva (W&M) – 6-4
No. 3 – Longwe-Smit/Pelletier (Liberty) def. Karman/Pellerito (W&M) – 6-3
Finishing Order: 3, 2*