For Immediate Release: March 22, 2011
Contact: John Hartrick (hartrick@binghamton.edu)
Phone: 607-777-6800

BU men's tennis loses to William & Mary 5-2

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. -- William & Mary (10-10) captured the doubles point before winning the bottom four singles matches in a 5-2 win over Binghamton men's tennis (2-12) Tuesday afternoon at the Millie West Tennis Facility. The tight match featured two singles tiebreak sets and two more three-set affairs - each of which went in favor of the host Tribe.

Senior Sven Vloedgraven, ranked No. 95 in the country, posted a 6-3, 6-3 win at the top spot, improving to 22-7 overall, 11-2 in duals. Senior No. 2 Arnav Jain also scored a straight-set win, lifting his dual record to 11-3 (16-9 overall).

The Bearcats continue spring break action with a match at Old Dominion on Wednesday afternoon.

William & Mary 5, Binghamton 2

DOUBLES
1 Guthrie/Vidal (W&M) def. Vloedgraven/Wong (BU), 8-6
2 Orre/Banks (W&M) def. Jain/A. Haggai (BU), 9-8 (8)
3 Andersson/Whiteford (W&M) def. Bornkessel/R. Haggai (BU), 8-4

Order of Finish: 3,1*,2

SINGLES
1 #95 Sven Vloedgraven (BU) def. Anton Andersson (W&M), 6-3, 6-3
2 Arnav Jain (BU) def. Ben Guthrie (W&M), 6-1, 6-3
3 Jamie Whiteford (W&M) def. Gilbert Wong (BU), 7-6, 6-4
4 Sebastien Vidal (W&M) def. Alexandre Haggai (BU), 4-6, 6-4, 6-2
5 Ilja Orre (W&M) def. Bastian Bornkessel (BU), 7-6, 6-1
6 Adrian Vodislav (W&M) def. Ruben Haggai (BU), 3-6, 6-2, 6-0

Order of Finish: 2,1,5,4,3*,6