WAIKOLOA, HI - William and Mary's men's tennis team opened the spring season this week with three days of competition at the 2004 Rice/Hilton Waikoloa Village Men's Tennis Tournament in Waikoloa, Hawaii. The Tribe posted a combined record of 9-10 in singles and 4-6 in doubles against stiff competition from individuals from Hawaii, Rice and Texas. W&M ended last season ranked 51st in the nation, while Texas ended the year at No. 13, and Rice finished at No. 29.
Highlights for the Tribe in singles included freshman
Steven Kane (Nokomis, FL) upsetting the nation's 21st-ranked player, William Barker (Rice), in straight sets, 6-4, 6-1, in the first round of the top flight. Kane eventually lost to eventual flight champion No. 74 Antonio Ruiz (Texas) in three sets in the semifinal round. In the third flight, senior
Geoff Russell (Phoenix, AZ) advanced through the quarterfinals by default and defeated Jason Mok (Rice), 6-1, 7-6, to advance to the finals. In the championship, he lost a tough, three-set match to Vuk Rajevac (Rice), 7-5, 3-6, 7-6. Reaching the championship of the fourth flight was junior
Alex Fish (Scituate, MA), cruising past Richard Cole (Hawaii), 6-2, 6-1 and Garrett Snyder (Texas), 6-1, 6-4 in the first two rounds. Fish defaulted the championship match, however.
In the top doubles flight, the Tribe teams of Kane/Russell and junior
Sean Kelleher (Forty Fort, PA) and sophomore
Stephen Ward (Douglaston, NY) each advanced to the consolation finals, deciding not to play their final match against each other. In the second flight, Fish and junior
Jeff Kader (Geneva, OH) won their quarterfinals match, but fell in the semifinal round. Freshman
Colin O'Brien (Dublin, Ireland) and senior
Kal Patrick (Manama, Bahrian) lost in the consolation finals.
The Tribe opens up the spring dual season with a match against Hawaii later today. The Wahines enter the match with a record of 0-3, having lost to Stanford, Texas and Rice this year.
Complete W&M Results from 2004 Rice/Hilton Waikoloa Village Men's Tennis Tournament
A Flight Singles
Quarterfinal
Pete Stroer (Texas) d.
#96 Jeff Kader (W&M); 6-1, 6-4
Steven Kane (W&M) d. #21 William Barker (Rice); 6-4, 6-1
Semifinal
#74 Antonio Ruiz (Texas) d.
Kane (W&M); 6-4, 5-7, 6-4
Consolation
#96 Kader (W&M) d. Ryan Sceats (Hawaii); 6-2, 6-4
Kane (W&M) d. Stroer (Texas); 6-2, 6-4
B Flight Singles
Quarterfinal
#18 Richard Barker (Rice) d.
Stephen Ward (W&M); 6-1, 4-6, 6-3
Ryan Hammond (Texas) d.
Colin O'Brien (W&M); 6-7, 6-0, 6-0
Consolation
Bryan Weinberg (Hawaii) d.
Ward (W&M); 6-4, 3-6, 7-6
Derrick Lajola (Hawaii) d.
O'Brien (W&M); 2-6, 6-1, 6-4
C Flight Singles
Quarterfinal
Sean Kelleher (W&M) d. Hubert Chodkiewicz (Texas); 6-4, 6-4
Geoff Russell (W&M) d. Jamie Migia (Hawaii); default
Semifinal
Vuk Rajevac (Rice) d.
Kelleher (W&M); 6-1, 6-4
Russell (W&M) d. Jason Mok (Rice); 6-1, 7-6
Championship
Rajevac (Rice) d.
Russell (W&M); 7-5, 3-6, 7-6
Consolation
Kelleher (W&M) d. Mok (Rice); 6-1, 7-6
D Flight Singles
Quarterfinal
Burke Marold (Hawaii) d.
Kal Patrick (W&M); 2-6, 6-4, 6-1
Alex Fish (W&M) d. Richard Cole (Hawaii); 6-2, 6-1
Semifinal
Fish (W&M) d. Garrett Snyder (Texas); 6-1, 6-4
Championship
Rodrigo Gabriel (Rice) d.
Fish (W&M); default
Consolation
Andy Mack (Texas) d.
Patrick (W&M); 6-3, 6-1
A Flight Doubles
Quarterfinal
Will Clinton/Pete Stroer (Texas) d.
Steven Kane/Geoff Russell (W&M); 9-7
Vuk Rajevac/Tony Haerle (Rice) d.
#45 Sean Kelleher/Stephen Ward (W&M); 9-7
Consolation
Kane/Russell (W&M) d. Ryan Sceats/Dalibor Ptak (Hawaii); 8-2
#45 Kelleher/Ward (W&M) d. Derrick Lajola/Jerrod Diepraam (Hawaii); 8-4
B Flight Doubles
Quarterfinal
Joe Morris/Hubert Chodkiewicz (Texas) d.
Colin O'Brien/Kal Patrick (W&M); 8-1
Alex Fish/Jeff Kader (W&M) d. Burke Marold/Jamie Migia (Hawaii); 8-3
Semifinal
Andy Mack/Garrett Snyder (Texas) d.
Fish/Kader (W&M); 8-6
Consolation
O'Brien/Patrick (W&M) d. Richard Cole/Bryan Weinberg (Hawaii); 8-4
Morris/Chodkiewicz (Texas) d.
Fish/Kader (W&M); 8-2
Rodrigo Gabriel/Takehiko Morita (Rice) d.
O'Brien/Patrick (W&M); 8-3
