Tribe Falls at No. 21 Wake Forest
Senior Dominic Pagon claimed a straight sets win at the No. 4 singles position against the Demon Deacons.
Winston Salem, N.C. (2/7/09) - The William and Mary men's tennis team had its five-match winning streak snapped in a 6-1 setback to No. 21-ranked Wake Forest on Saturday afternoon at the Wake Forest Indoor Tennis Center. Senior Dominic Pagon claimed the lone Tribe point of the match with a singles victory at the No. 4 positions, while he and freshman Ilja Orre also claimed a doubles win against the Demon Deacons. W&M fell to 9-3 overall, while Wake Forest improved to 4-1 on the year.
The Demon Deacons opened the match by claiming the doubles point with wins at the No. 1 and No. 3 positions. Pagon and Orre remained perfect in doubles competition with an 8-3 win over David Hopkins and Carlos Salmon at the No. 2 position. The Tribe tandem upped its ledger to 6-0 overall and 4-0 in dual-match competition.
Pagon continued his solid play in the singles lineup, improving to 8-3 in dual-match competition with a straight sets win at the No. 4 spot. The Kingston, Jamaica native downed Joost Vogel, 6-3, 6-3, for his ninth overall singles win of the season.
Sophomore Sebasiten Vidal lost a tight three-set match at the No. 3 position. After dropping the first set, 6-2, to Andrew Brasseaux, Vidal rallied to force a decisive third-set super tiebreaker with a 7-5 win in the second set. The tiebreaker went down to the wire, but Brasseaux was able to eek out a 10-8 victory.
W&M will continue its four-match road trip when it treks to Athens, Ga., to face two-time defending national champion and No. 3-ranked Georgia on Sunday, Feb. 8. The match is slated for a 1 p.m. start time.
#21 Wake Forest 6, #61 William & Mary 1
Singles
No. 1 - #34 Cory Parr (WFU) def. Keziel Juneau (W&M) - 6-3, 6-2
No. 2 - Steven Forman (WFU) def. Marwan Ramadan (W&M) - 6-4, 6-2
No. 3 - Andrew Brasseaux (WFU) def. Sebastien Vidal - 6-2, 5-7, 10-8
No. 4 - Dominic Pagon (W&M) def. Joost Vogel (WFU) - 6-3, 6-3
No. 5 - Jonathan Wolff (WFU) def. Richard Wardell (W&M) - 7-6, 6-2
No. 6 - Jason Morgenstern (WFU) def. Ilja Orre (W&M) - 6-2, 6-4
Order of Finish: 1, 6, 4, 2*, 5, 3
Doubles
No. 1 - #6 Parr/Forman (WFU) def. #52 Juneau/Vidal (W&M) - 8-6
No. 2 - Pagon/Orre (W&M) def. Salmon/Hopkins (WFU) - 8-3
No. 3 - Morgenstern/Wolff (WFU) def. Pandit/Wardell (W&M) - 8-5
Order of Finish: 3, 1*, 2
