Feb. 4, 2006
Williamsburg, Va. -
The 13th-ranked Wake Forest men's tennis team rolled past 65th-ranked William & Mary on Saturday morning, 6-1, at the McCormack-Nagelsen Tennis Center in Williamsburg, Va. The Demon Deacons improved their record to 4-0 and dropped the Tribe to 3-3.
The Deacons swept the three doubles matches. Andrew Hamar and Todd Paul defeated the Tribe's number one team of Billy Mulligan and Colin O'Brien, 8-5. Hamar and Paul stayed undefeated this spring as did Mariusz Adamski and Brett Ross. They knocked off Dominic Pagon and Stephen Ward, 8-3. In four dual matches this spring, Wake Forest is a combined 11-1 in doubles action.
In singles play, 11th-ranked Todd Paul crushed 57th-ranked Stephen Ward, 6-2, 6-2, at number one singles. Cory Parr won in straight sets at number five and moments later, Brett Ross clinched the match with a 6-1, 6-4 win in the number three position.
Adamski easily won his match at number four. Joe Bates, at number six, outlasted Marwan Ramadan, 4-6, 6-2, 6-0. The only blemish on Wake Forest's record was at number two singles where 35th-ranked Andrew Hamar was upset by Alex Cojanu, 5-7, 6-3, 10-4 in a super tie-breaker.
The Deacons continue their weekend road swing through the Commonwealth of Virginia. Wake Forest faces 66th-ranked Old Dominion on Sunday at noon.
#13 Wake Forest 6, #65 William & Mary 1
#1 - #11 Todd Paul (WF) vs. #57 Stephen Ward (W&M)
WF -- 6-2, 6-2
#2 - #35 Andrew Hamar (WF) vs. Alex Cojanu (W&M)
W&M -- 5-7, 6-3, 1-0 (10-4)
#3 - #77 Brett Ross (WF) vs. Matt Rubenstein (W&M)
WF -- 6-1, 6-4
#4 - Mariusz Adamski (WF) vs. Billy Mulligan (W&M)
WF -- 6-4, 6-3
#5 - Cory Parr (WF) vs. Alexander Zuck (W&M)
WF -- 6-1, 6-3
#6 - Joe Bates (WF) vs. Marwan Ramadan (W&M)
WF -- 4-6, 6-2, 6-0
Order of finish: 1, 5, 3*, 4, 6, 2
#1 - Hamar/Paul (WF) vs. Mulligan/Colin O'Brien (W&M)
WF -- 8-5
#2 - Adamski/Ross (WF) vs. Dominic Pagon/Ward (W&M)
WF -- 8-3
#3 - Bates/Parr (WF) vs. Cojanu/Rubenstein (W&M)
WF -- 8-5
Order of finish: 2, 1, 3
WF: (4-0)
W&M: (3-3)
