NORFOLK, Va. – Freshman Oliver Hague and sophomore Albert Hansen both picked up come-from-behind three-set victories, but William & Mary dropped a 5-2 decision at in-state rival Old Dominion on Wednesday night at the Folkes-Stevens Tennis Center.
 
How It Happened
- With a doubles lineup that featured a pair of nationally-ranked teams, ODU (7-1) took the initial point of the match behind victories at the No. 2 and No. 3 positions.
- The Tribe's top doubles pair of graduate students Bill Duo and Konstantinos Raptis trailed the No. 14-ranked team in the country of Codie and Connor van Schalkwyk by a 4-3 score when the match was abandoned.
- At No. 4 singles, Hague ran his win streak to three matches with a come-from-behind, three-set win. After dropping the opening set to Aryan Saleh, the Tribe rookie battled back to take the second in a tiebreaker before winning the third-set super breaker, 10-8. He won his team-leading 12th singles match and improved to 3-1 in dual-match action.
- Hansen upped his mark to 2-0 in duals with a three-set win at No. 4. After dropping the opening set to Maxime Mareschal-Hay, he also rallied with a second-set tiebreaker win and them closed it out with a 10-6 win in the third-set super breaker. Hansen improved to 7-4 in singles this season.
- Old Dominion won the other four spots in straight sets. The Monarchs pulled out second-set tiebreaker wins at No. 1 and No. 6 to secure the team triumph over the Tribe (1-3).
 
Up Next
The Tribe returns home to face Youngstown State on Friday, Feb. 9, at 5 p.m. at the McCormack-Naglesen Tennis Center.
 
Old Dominion 5, William & Mary 2
Singles
No. 1 – Codie van Schalkwyk (ODU) def. Alexandre Leblanc (W&M) – 6-3, 7-6 (8)
No. 2 – Connor van Schalkwyk (ODU) def. Konstantinos Raptis (W&M) – 6-0, 6-1
No. 3 – Yanis Moundir (ODU) def. Satchel Benn (W&M) – 6-3, 6-4
No. 4 – Oliver Hague (W&M) def. Aryan Saleh (ODU) – 2-6, 7-6, 10-8
No. 5 – Albert Hansen (W&M) def. Maxime Mareschal-Hay (ODU) – 3-6, 7-6 (5), 10-6
No. 6 – Jakob Cadonau (ODU) def. Nikita Bortnichek (W&M) – 6-3, 7-6
Finishing Order: 2, 3, 6*, 1, 5, 4
 
Doubles
No. 1 – #14 van Schalkwyk/van Schalkwyk (ODU) vs. Duo/Raptis (W&M) – DNF, 4-3
No. 2 – #33 Cadonau/Rolland de Ravel (ODU)  def. Benn/Hague (W&M) – 6-2
No. 3 –  Mareschal-Hay/Moundir (ODU) def. Karman/Leblanc (W&M) – 6-3
Finishing Order: 2, 3*