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March 28, 2001
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The No. 45 University of Virginia men’s tennis team defeated in-state rival No. 62 William & Mary, 5-2, Wednesday (Mar. 28) at the Snyder Tennis Center in Charlottesville, Va. The Cavaliers swept the doubles portion of the event and won four of six singles matches to gain the victory.
After winning the doubles point, Virginia got two more quick points from No. 1 singles player Brian Vahaly (Atlanta, Ga./The Lovett School) and No. 2 singles player Huntley Montgomery (Chapel Hill, N.C./Chapel Hill). Vahaly, a fourth-year, defeated the Tribe’s Trevor Spracklin at No. 1, 6-2, 6-3, while fellow fourth-year Montgomery beat Patrick Brown at No. 2, 6-0, 6-2.
The Cavaliers were in command at that time, 3-0, but with four matches remaining on the court, the final result was still in doubt Then second-year Michael Duquette (Virginia Beach, Va./Norfolk Academy) defeated Chris Erikson, 7-5, 6-4, at No. 4 singles to clinch the match-winning point.
Fourth-year Brian Hunter (Chapel Hill, N.C./Chapel Hill) also won his match, 3-6, 7-6, 1-0, in a super-tiebreaker at No. 5.
UVa returns to action Friday (Mar. 30) when the Cavaliers take on Atlantic Coast Conference rival Clemson at 1:00 p.m. at the Snyder Tennis Center.
UVa 5, W&M 2
Doubles 1. Vahaly/ Montgomery (UVa) def. Brown/Spracklin (W&M), 8-4.
2. Croker/ Duquette (UVa) def. Lubin/Russell (W&M), 8-5.3. Chou/Hunter (UVa) def. Erikson/Davis (W&M), 8-2.
Singles 1. Brian Vahaly (UVa) def. Trevor Spracklin (W&M), 6-2, 6-3.
2. Huntley Montgomery (UVa) def. Patrick Brown (W&M), 6-0, 6-2.3. Brian Lubin (W&M) def. Tommy Croker (UVa), 7-5, 6-4.
4. Michael Duquette (UVa) def. Chris Erikson (W&M), 7-5, 6-4.5. Brian Hunter (UVa) def. Geoffrey Russell (W&M), 3-6, 7-6, 1-0.
6. Matt Davis (W&M) def. Jason Romesburg (UVa), 3-6, 6-4, 1-0.