WILLIAMSBURG, Va. – Senior George Davis won a third-set tiebreaker at No. 1 as William & Mary rallied for a 4-3 win over Gardner-Webb in a four and a half hour marathon on Monday afternoon at the McCormack-Nagelsen Tennis Center.
 
Davis and the graduate student trio of Joseph Brailovsky, Andres Silva and Bill Duo won at the top four singles positions to lead the Tribe (6-5) to its second-straight victory.
 
With the match tied a three, it came down to the top spot where Davis and Gardner-Webb's Eduardo Dais split the opening two sets in tiebreakers. The Tribe senior jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the third, but the All-Big South First Teamer rallied for force a tiebreaker. Not to be outdone, Davis rolled in the breaker, dropping just one point in a 7-1 victory.
 
How It Happened
- The Runnin' Bulldogs (11-5) took a hotly-contested doubles point with all three positions being decided by matching 6-4 scores. Pairing together for the first time, Brailovsky and sophomore Alexander Karman gave W&M the lead with a 6-4 victory over Numa Lemieux-Monette and Victor Putter at No. 2. Gardner-Webb rallied with victories at No. 1 and No. 3.
- W&M won the first set at four of the six singles matches and pulled even at one thanks to Duo's straight-sets win at No. 4. He downed  Victor Putter, 6-3, 6-3, for his second-straight win and seventh overall.
- Brailovsky followed with a 6-3, 6-4 triumph over Alex Lepine at No. 2 to give W&M a 2-1 lead. It was Brailovsky's team-leading 15th win and fifth at the top two singles positions. Lepine entered the match at 11-3 on the year.
- After a Gardner-Webb win at No. 6, the balance of the match came down to a trio of three-set matches at No. 1, No. 3 and No. 5.
- Silva provided W&M with its third singles victory, rallying for a three-set win at No. 3. After dropping the opening set, the Tribe graduate student won the second set in a tiebreaker before pulling out a 6-4 third-set win over Putter. It was Silva's eighth win of the season and third at No. 3.
- Gardner-Webb, which upended CAA team Elon earlier this season, countered with a three-set win at No. 5 to set up a winner-take-all match at the top spot.
- Davis won his fourth match of the season at No. 1. Dais entered the match at 12-2 this season and is the three-time Big South Player of the Week.
 
Up Next
The Tribe continues its homestand when it welcomes CAA foe Delaware to Williamsburg on Sunday, March 19. The match is schedule for a 1 p.m. start time at the Mackesy Tennis Center, weather permitting.
 
William & Mary 4,  Gardner-Webb 3
Singles
No. 1 – George Davis (W&M) def. Eduardo Dais (GW) – 7-6 (9), 6-7 (5), 7-6 (1)
No. 2 – Joseph Brailovsky (W&M) def. Alex Lepine (GW) – 6-3, 6-4
No. 3 – Andres Silva (W&M) def. Victor Putter (GW) – 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4
No. 4 – Bill Duo (W&M) def. Numa Lemieux-Monette (GW) – 6-3, 6-3
No. 5 – Kim Niethammer (GW) def. Sean Joseph (W&M) – 2-6, 6-4, 6-2
No. 6 – Sebastian Harris (GW) def. Daniel Pellerito (W&M) – 7-6 (5), 6-4
Finishing Order: 4, 2, 6, 3, 5, 1*
 
Doubles
No. 1 – Dias/C. Van Wyk (GW) def. Davis/Duo (W&M) – 6-4
No. 2 – Brailovsky/Karman (W&M) def. Lemieux-Monette/Putter (GW) – 6-4
No. 3 – Butler/Harris (GW) def. Pellerito/Silva (W&M) – 6-4
Finishing Order: 2, 3, 1*