Dukes Suffer Close Defeat to William & Mary

Saturday, March 27

Harrisonburg, Va.

2 p.m.

James Madison University

William & Mary

3/27/2021 7:01:00 PM | Men's Tennis

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HARRISONBURG, Va. – JMU men's tennis lost a highly-competitive match, 4-3, against conference opponent William & Mary Saturday afternoon.

The Dukes move to 4-5 on the year while the Tribe improve to 5-4.

In doubles, freshman Oscar Hernandez and redshirt sophomore William Karpinski had a strong start for the Dukes, beating Finbar Talcott and Chen Ruo, 6-3. JMU was unable to capitalize, losing the next two doubles matches and the point.

JMU fought hard in singles play led by redshirt freshman Holden Koons who played strong on court one, winning 7-6(3), 6-1 over Brenden Volk. Koons sits at 6-3 in singles matches on the season.

Redshirt junior Alvaro Arce also played well, beating George Davis in a close match, 7-5, 6-4. The third point for the Dukes came in the final singles match as Karpinski beat Joseph Brailovsky in three sets, 6-2, 4-6, 1-0(7).

QUOTING COACH STEVE SECORD
"Losing the doubles point turned out to be huge, which is difficult because I felt like we played well. We had a match point on court one and it just did not happen, but the guys fought hard in the singles. We came back and won three matches. We are still working towards finishing when we are up, but we are getting better as we move from match to match which is what we are working towards and peaking at the conference tournament. We are going to get a good week of practice, work on the things that we need to and go after the Spiders next Saturday."

UP NEXT
JMU travels to the state capital to take on Richmond on Saturday, April 3 at noon.