WILMINGTON, N.C. – William & Mary men's tennis won the doubles point to open the match at reigning CAA Champion UNCW on Saturday afternoon. The Seahawks responded by winning each of the six singles positions to secure the 6-1 victory.
 
The Tribe (3-7, 1-2 CAA) started things off with doubles wins on court 2 and court 3 to take a 1-0 lead. Thanks to an early break, senior Sean Joseph and freshman Gur Trakhtenberg combined for a 6-2 win against the Seahawks' Harold Huens and Lukas Steffen at No. 2. The pair advanced to 2-2 this season.
 
Senior Alexander Karman and junior Albert Hansen clinched the doubles point with a 6-4 win over Alex de Gabriele and Oscar Baumgartner at No. 3. The Tribe pair recorded its fifth win of the year.
 
UNCW (4-7, 1-0 CAA) proceeded to win all six singles matches to notch its first CAA win of the year. At No. 3, Hansen battled into a third set. After UNCW's Joseph Wayand took the opening set, 6-1, the Tribe junior answered with a 6-3 win in the second. Wayand held on to pick up the victory, 6-0, in the third.
 
Up Next
The Tribe returns home to take on NJIT on Monday, March 17, at 2:30 p.m.
 
UNCW 6, William & Mary 1
Singles 
No. 1 – Harold Huens (UNCW) def. Gur Trakhtenberg (W&M) – 7-6 (1), 6-2
No. 2 – Sam Nicholson (UNCW) def. Nikita Bortnichek (W&M) – 6-0, 6-0
No. 3 – Joseph Wayand (UNCW) def. Albert Hansen (W&M) – 6-1, 3-6, 6-0
No. 4 – Lukas Steffen (UNCW) def. Sean Joseph (W&M) – 7-5, 6-1
No. 5 – Richard Trey Mallory (UNCW) def. Alexander Karman (W&M) – 6-2, 6-0
No. 6 – Alexander Thompson (UNCW) def. Raz Katz (W&M) – 6-2, 6-2
Finishing Order: 6, 2, 5, 4*, 1, 3
 
Doubles 
No. 1 – Wayand/Domenech (UNCW) def. Bortnichek/Katz (W&M) – 6-3
No. 2 – Trakhtenberg/Joseph (W&M) def. Huens/Steffen (UNCW) – 6-2
No. 3 – Karman/Hansen (W&M) def. de Gabriele/Baumgartner (UNCW) – 6-4
Finishing Order: 2, 3*, 1