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Oliver Hague highlighted the Tribe's effort at the Norfolk Yacht & Country Club Invitational by advancing to the singles quarterfinals over the weekend.
Hague opened with a three-set win over Christopher Newport's Ashton Legum, 6-1, 5-7 10-8, on Friday. He followed with a straight-sets win, 6-3, 6-3, over Aristotelis Bezianis of Delaware. His run in the event came to a close in the quarterfinals against Old Dominion's Aryan Saleh.
In doubles, Hague and freshman
Gur Trakhtenberg posted an opening-round win to advance to the quarterfinals. The duo downed Jakob Nielsen and Roy Stepanov, 8-5, before falling to the ODU pair of Saleh and Jean Karim Olivier De Sardan.
Senior
Sean Joseph posted a 2-1 record in singles action at the tournament. He notched a 6-0, 6-0 win over William Sharp in the first round on Friday afternoon, before falling to Delaware's Piotr Siekanowicz in the second round. Joseph picked up a three-set win over CNU's Ashton Legum in the consolation round for his second win of the event on Saturday.
Trakhtenberg, senior
Alexander Karman and junior
Albert Hansen each tallied second-round wins on Friday to advance to the round of 16. Trakhtenberg topped Robert Wagner in straight sets, 6-2, 6-3, while Hansen defeated Norfolk State's Frederick Mcrae, 6-1, 6-4. Karman defeated CNU's Eddy Hansen in straight-sets as well, 6-3, 7-5.
Freshmen
Raz Katz and
Bryan Volk picked up consolation wins on Saturday. Katz downed Lucas Beasley, 6-4, 6-4, while Volk topped Robert Wagner, 6-3, 7-5.
Up Next
The Tribe returns to action at the Liberty Invitational, Sept. 27-29.
W&M Results from the NYCC Invitational
Singles Draw
First Round (64)
Aristotelis Bezianis (Delaware) def.
Theo Nilsson (W&M) – 6-2, 6-1
Sean Joseph (W&M) def. William Sharp – 6-0, 6-0
Mason Robins (Delaware) def.
Bryan Volk (W&M) – 6-0, 6-3
Second Round (32)
Connor Van Schalkwyk (ODU) def.
Nikita Bortnichek (W&M) – 6-4, 6-1
Albert Hansen (W&M) def. Frederick Mcrae (Norfolk State) – 6-1, 6-4
Vladislav Gorbatenko (Norfolk State) def.
Raz Katz (W&M) – 7-6 (3), 6-2
Alexander Karman (W&M) def. Eddy Hansen (CNU) – 6-3, 7-5
Gur Trakhtenberg (W&M) def. Robert Wagner – 6-2, 6-3
Oliver Hague (W&M) def. Ashton Legum (CNU) – 6-1, 5-7 10-8
Piotr Siekanowicz (Delaware) def.
Sean Joseph (W&M) – 6-2, 6-2
Third Round (16)
Connor Van Schalkwyk (ODU) def.
Albert Hansen (W&M) – 6-1, 7-5
Adam Majchrzak (ODU) def.
Alexander Karman (W&M) – 6-1, 6-1
Aryan Saleh (ODU) def.
Gur Trakhtenberg (W&M) – 6-1, 6-4
Oliver Hague (W&M) def. Aristotelis Bezianis (Delaware) – 6-3, 6-3
Quarterfinals
Aryan Saleh (ODU) def.
Oliver Hague (W&M) – 6-1, 6-0
Consolation
Frederick Mcrae (Norfolk State) def.
Nikita Bortnichek (W&M) – 6-1, 0-6, 12-10
Raz Katz (W&M) def. Lucas Beasley – 6-4, 6-4
Sean Joseph (W&M) def. Ashton Legum (CNU) – 3-6, 6-3, 10-6
Bryan Volk (W&M) def. Robert Wagner – 6-3, 7-5
Doubles Draw
First Round (16)
Rodriguez/Wanger def. Karman/Katz (W&M) – 8-5
Saleh/Olivier De Sardan (ODU) def. Nilsson/Hansen (W&M) – 8-6
Trakhtenberg/Hague (W&M) def. Nielson/Stepanov – 8-5
Solarski/Okyay (Norfolk State) def. Volk/Bortnichek (W&M) – 8-4
Quarterfinals
Saleh/Olivier De Sardan (ODU) def. Trakhtenberg/Hague (W&M) – 8-1