HOUSTON, Texas – William & Mary men's tennis dropped a close one to No. 73 Rice, 4-3, on Sunday afternoon to wrap up the Tribe's three-match trip to the state of Texas.
Graduate student
Joseph Brailovsky and sophomores
Sean Joseph and
Alexander Karman recorded singles wins on Sunday.
How It Happened
- Rice (11-7) claimed the doubles point with wins at the top two positions.
- The match started outdoors at the George R. Brown Tennis Center, but after the opening sets in singles, action moved indoors to Advantage Indoor due to rain in Houston.
- Joseph and Karman notched straight-sets win at No. 4 and No. 6 singles. Joseph won for the second time in as many days, this time up a spot at line four. He upended Campbell Salmon, 6-4, 7-5, for his seventh dual-match win. Joseph is now 3-1 at the No. 4 spot.
- Karman dropped just four games in winning matching 6-2 sets over Eduardo Morais at No. 6. The Tribe sophomore won his 10th match of the season and improved to 4-3 in dual-match action.
- Rice posted wins at No. 1, No. 2 and No. 5 to secure the team triumph. Kabeer Kapasi edged graduate student
Bill Duo in a second-set tiebreaker, 7-6 (2), on line five to clinch the Owls' victory.
- Brailovsky rallied for a three-set win at No. 2. After dropping the opening set to Emir Sendogan, 6-1, the Tribe graduate student came back, winning the final two sets, 6-4, 6-3. It was his team-leading 17th singles win of the year and his sixth at No. 2.
Up Next
The Tribe returns to action when it travels to CAA foe Elon on Saturday, April 1, for a 2 p.m. match.
#72 Rice 4, William & Mary 3
Singles
No. 1 – Trinity Grear (Rice) def.
George Davis (W&M) – 6-1, 6-1
No. 2 –
Joseph Brailovsky (W&M) def. Emir Sendogan (Rice) – 1-6, 6-4, 6-3
No. 3 – Santiago Navarro (Rice) def.
Andres Silva (W&M) – 6-2, 6-0
No. 4 –
Sean Joseph (W&M) def. Campbell Salmon (Rice) – 6-4, 7-5
No. 5 – Kabeer Kapasi (Rice) def.
Bill Duo (W&M) – 6-2, 7-6 (2)
No. 6 –
Alexander Karman (W&M) def. Eduardo Morais (Rice) – 6-2, 6-2
Finishing Order: 3, 1, 5*, 4, 6, 2
Doubles
No. 1 – Navarro/Salmon (Rice) def. Davis/Duo (W&M) – 6-2
No. 2 – Heap/Kapasi (Rice) def. Brailovsky/Karman (W&M) – 6-3
No. 3 – Pellerito/Silva (W&M) vs. Grear/Sendogan (Rice) – DNF
Finishing Order: 1, 2*
