Furman University’s men’s tennis team secured a 4-2 win over William & Mary in a non-conference match held Saturday morning at Coastal Carolina’s Stevens Tennis Complex in Conway, South Carolina. With this result, Furman’s season record moves to 2-5, while William & Mary falls to 1-2.
The Paladins established an early advantage by winning the doubles point. At the No. 1 position, Nicolas Dispas and Nico Snyder defeated Oliver Hague and Gur Trakhtenberg with a score of 6-2. Alex Han and Finn Pollard followed up at No. 3 with a 6-3 victory over Nikita Bortnichek and Dylan Chou.
In singles play, Furman recorded wins at the No. 1, No. 3, and No. 5 spots to secure the overall match victory. The teams exchanged victories in the first four singles matches; Furman won at No. 1 and No. 3, while William & Mary took the match at No. 2. Duggal gave Furman another point at No. 3 by defeating Bortnichek in straight sets, 7-5, 6-4.
William & Mary added another win at No. 6 before Snyder earned his second singles win of the weekend for Furman by overcoming Trakhtenberg in three sets (6-3, 3-6, 6-4) at the top spot.
Nicolas Dispas clinched the match for Furman with a straight-set victory over Chou at No. 5 after two tiebreakers (7-6(5), 7-6(6)). This marked Dispas’ second singles win of the season.
The contest between Walker Allen (Furman) and Austin Cohen (William & Mary) at No. 4 was left unfinished with the score tied at one set each and level in the third set.
Furman’s men’s tennis team will continue its road schedule next weekend with matches against Tennessee Tech and Eastern Kentucky in Richmond, Kentucky on February 20–21.
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