January 25, 2009

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. – Longwood University dropped a 6-1 men's tennis road decision at the College of William and Mary Sunday night in Williamsburg.  The Lancers (1-2) received their lone win of the match at #5 singles as freshman Nobu Tanaka/Potomac, Md. (St. Johns College HS) defeated his opponent from the #64 Tribe (7-2) (6-2, 7-5).  Longwood will not play again until February 7 when the program will play matches against both Gardner-Webb University and North Greenville College in Boiling Springs, North Carolina.

At nationally-ranked William and Mary, others competing in singles for Longwood included seniors Brandon Lindsley/Woodbridge (Woodbridge) at #1 (3-6, 6-7) and Carlos Garcia de Andoain/Madrid, Spain (Liceo Sorolla) at #2 (5-7, retired), along with juniors David Cardoso/Porto, Portugal (Externato Lumen) at #3 (2-6, 4-6), Billy Heird/York, Pa. (Dallastown) at #4 (4-6, 6-7), and Andres Lazarte/Vienna (San Miguel) at #6 (2-6, 3-6).  In doubles for the Lancers, Cardoso and Heird fell at #1 (1-8); Lindsley and de Andoain fell at #2 (5-8), while Tanaka and sophomore Milo Barajas-Alexander/Arlington (Bishop O'Connell) fell at #3 (5-8).

#64 William and Mary 6, Longwood 1
Singles
No. 1 - Keziel Juneau (W&M) def. Brandon Lindsley (Longwood) - 6-3, 7-6
No. 2 - Marwan Ramadan (W&M) def. Carlos Garcia de Andoain (Longwood) - 7-5, retired
No. 3 - Dominic Pagon (W&M) def. David Cardoso (Longwood) - 6-2, 6-4
No. 4 - Richard Wardell (W&M) def. Billy Heird (Longwood) - 6-4, 7-6
No. 5 - Nobu Tanaka (Longwood) def. Ben Wirth (W&M) - 6-2, 7-5
No. 6 - Ilja Orre (W&M) def. Andres Lazarte (Longwood) - 6-2, 6-3
Finishing Order: 2, 5, 6, 3*, 4, 1

Doubles
No. 1 - Juneau/Wirth (W&M) def. Cardoso/Heird (Longwood) - 8-1
No. 2 - Pagon/Orre (W&M) def. Garcia de Andoain/Lindsley (Longwood) - 8-5
No. 3 - Ramadan/Wardell (W&M) def. Barajas-Alexander/Tanaka (Longwood) - 8-5