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Dylan Chou holds his racquet and smiles against the scrapbook backdrop during media day.

Men's Tennis Competes at Liberty Dual

9/28/2025 7:07:00 PM

LYNCHBURG, Va. - William & Mary men's tennis continued the fall campaign, competing for the second-straight week this time at the Liberty Dual.
 
In his first collegiate action, freshman Dylan Chou posted a 2-1 singles mark. He notched his first collegiate victory, downing Elon's Nicholas Fisk in straight sets, 6-3, 6-3, on Friday. Chou closed out the event with a three-set victory, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3, over Charlotte's Danny Yassine on Sunday.
 
Freshman Austin Cohen and sophomore Theo Nilsson each tallied their first career singles wins as well at the event. On Friday, Nilsson rallied for a come-from-behind three-set win over North Carolina Central's Leo Fortier-Gariepy, 3-6, 6-3, 10-2. Cohen also need three-sets and also rallied for a win on Sunday, downing Charlotte's Brett Gloria, 2-6, 6-2, 6-1.
 
On Saturday, senior Albert Hansen picked up his team-leading fifth singles win of the fall. He topped Liberty's Guy Vorwerk in three sets, all tiebreakers, 7-6 (6), 6-7 (5), 7-6 (5). 
 
In doubles, a pair of Tribe teams posted 2-1 records over the three-day event. Junior Oliver Hague and sophomore Gur Trakhtenberg won their first two matches, downing Virginia's Stiles Brockett and Douglas Yaffa, 6-4, before upending the Liberty pair of Ben Sparks and Siwanat Auytayakul, 7-5.
 
Hansen and junior Nikita Bortnichek also notched a 2-1 mark. They downed Liberty's David Ekpenyongand and Guy Vorwerk, 7-5, on Friday. On Sunday, the Tribe tandem notched a tiebreaker win, 7-6 (4), over Charlotte's Brett Gloria and Danny Yassine.
 
The rookie duo of Chou and Cohen made it two doubles wins for the Tribe against Charlotte. The tandem topped Moritz Muenster and Jack DiMenna, 6-4, on Sunday for their first career doubles win.
 
The Tribe returns to action when it travels to the River City Open hosted by the University of Richmond, Oct. 3-5.
 
W&M Results from the Liberty Dual
Friday, Sept. 26
Singles
Stiles Brockett (UVA) def. Oliver Hague (W&M) - 6-1, 6-4
Lukas Steffen (UNCW) def. Gur Trakhtenberg (W&M) - 7-6 (6), 7-5
Douglas Yaffa (UVA) def. Nikita Bortnichek (W&M) - 4-6, 6-0, 6-3
Andrew Hayduke II (UNCW) def. Austin Cohen (W&M) - 6-2, 7-5
Martin Mazev (UNCW) def. Albert Hansen (W&M) - 6-2, 6-3
Brady Hussey (UNCW) def. Raz Katz (W&M) - 6-0, 6-4
Dylan Chou (W&M) def. Nicholas Fisk (Elon) - 6-3, 6-3
Theo Nilsson (W&M) def. Leo Fortier-Gariepy (NCCU) - 3-6, 6-3, 10-2
 
Doubles
Hague/Trakhtenberg (W&M) def. Brockett/Yaffa (UVA) - 6-4
Mazev/Steffen (UNCW) def. Hansen/Bortnichek (W&M) - 6-2,
Hayduke II/Hussey (UNCW) def. Katz/Chou (W&M) - 6-4
Nilsson/Cohen (W&M) def. Kohl/Fortier-Gariepy (NCCU) - 6-4
 
Saturday, Sept. 27
Singles
Alonso Roca (Elon) def. Bryan Volk (W&M) - 6-0, 6-2
Rodrigo Santiago Arraez (Liberty) def. Oliver Hague (W&M) - 6-3, 7-6 (6)
David Ekpenyong (Liberty) def. Gur Trakhtenberg (W&M) - 6-3, 6-2
Chase Robinson (Liberty) def. Austin Cohen (W&M) - 6-2, 3-6, 6-3
Ernst Gouws (Liberty) def. Nikita Bortnichek (W&M) - 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
Ben Sparks (Liberty) def. Dylan Chou (W&M) - 6-3, 6-4
Albert Hansen (W&M) def. Guy Vorwerk (Liberty) - 7-6 (6), 6-7 (5), 7-6 (5)
Carl Roothman (Liberty) def. Theo Nilsson (W&M) - 6-2, 3-6, 10-0
Siwanat Auytayakul (Liberty) def. Raz Katz (W&M) - 5-7, 6-4, 10-0
 
Doubles
Hague/Trakhtenberg (W&M) def. Sparks/Auytayakul (Liberty) - 7-5
Hansen/Bortnichek (W&M) def. Ekpenyong/Vorwerk (Liberty) - 7-5
Roothman/Robinson (Liberty) def. Katz/Chou (W&M) - 6-2
Gouws/Santiago Arraez (Liberty) def. Nilsson/Cohen (W&M) - 7-5
 
Sunday, Sept. 28
Singles
Andrew Hayduke II (UNCW) def. Theo Nilsson (W&M) - 4-6, 6-2, 6-3
Massimo Pizzigoni (Charlotte) def. Oliver Hague (W&M) - 6-2, 4-6, 6-0
Emilio Sancez (Charlotte) def. Gur Trakhtenberg (W&M) - 2-6, 6-3, 6-3
Austin Cohen (W&M) def. Brett Gloria (Charlotte) - 2-6, 6-2, 6-1
Moritz Muenster (Charlotte) def. Nikita Bortnichek (W&M) - 7-5, 6-1
Dylan Chou (W&M) def. Danny Yassine (Charlotte) - 6-3, 4-6, 6-3
Jack DiMenna (Charlotte) def. Theo Nilsson (W&M) - 6-1, 6-1
Raz Katz (W&M) def. Leo Fortier-Gariepy (NCCU) - 6-3, 6-4

Doubles
Sanchez/Pizzigoni (Charlotte) def. Trakhtenberg/Hague (W&M) - 7-6 (6)
Hansen/Bortnichek (W&M) def. Gloria/Yassine (Charlotte) - 7-6 (4)
Chou/Cohen (W&M) def. DiMenna/Muenster (Charlotte) - 6-4
 
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