George Washington University
William & Mary
Men's Tennis Falls at William & Mary
2/17/2017 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. - The George Washington men's tennis team fell at William & Mary on Friday afternoon, 5-2, to begin a pair of road matches this weekend.
The Colonials (5-4) took an early lead but were overtaken in singles action.
The pair of senior Julius Tverijonas and Chris Fletcher took a 6-2 win at the top doubles spot and freshman Jakub Behun teamed up with junior Chris Reynolds to clinch the doubles point with a 6-3 win at No. 3.
The Tribe evened the score with a straight-set win at No. 6 singles and took the lead with a win in second-flight play. William & Mary came within one of clinching the match after coming out on top in a three-set battle at the No. 1 spot. The Tribe solidified the match after claiming the No. 5 match, again in three sets.
Fletcher tallied a singles win for the Colonials at No. 3, winning a pair of tiebreakers for a two-set triumph.
The Colonials will take on DePaul at William & Mary's McCormack-Nagelsen Tennis Center on Saturday at 4 p.m.
William & Mary 5, George Washington 2
Singles
1. Aidan Talcott (W&M) def. Julius Tverijonas (GW) 3-6, 6-1, 6-1
2. Christian Cargill (W&M) def. Chris Reynolds (GW) 6-4, 7-6
3. Chris Fletcher (GW) def. Addison Appleby (W&M) 7-6, 7-6
4. Alec Miller (W&M) def. Christos Hadjigeorgiou (GW) 3-6, 6-3, 7-6
5. Damon Niquet (W&M) def. Jakub Behun (GW) 6-2, 4-6, 6-1
6. Lars de Boer (W&M) def. Dennis Afanasev (GW) 6-4, 6-1
Order: 6, 2, 1, 5*, 3, 4
Doubles 1. Tverijonas/Fletcher (GW) def. Talcott/Newman (W&M) 6-2
2. Bautil/Appleby (W&M) def. Hadjigeorgiou/Sala (GW) 6-3
3. Behun/Reynolds (GW) def. Cargill/Miller (W&M) 6-3
Order: 2, 1, 3*
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