Dukes Defeated 6-1 by William & Mary

Saturday, February 28

Williamsburg, Va.

10 a.m.

James Madison University

William & Mary

2/28/2015 3:47:00 PM | Men's Tennis

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. – James Madison men's tennis was defeated 6-1 by William & Mary on Saturday morning as the Dukes dropped to 3-6 overall and 1-1 against Colonial Athletic Association foes.

Junior Robert Stirling went 2-0 on the day and notched the lone JMU point of the morning. Stirling battled back from a first-set loss (6-4) to Addison Appleby at No. 2 singles to tally a 6-3 win in set two and tie the match. He won the third-set tiebreaker 10-7 for the point.

Stirling also picked up a doubles win with teammate and fellow junior Maxi Branth. The junior duo defeated Scott Huang and Alec Miller 8-3 at No. 3 doubles, though the Tribe came away with the doubles point after wins at Nos. 1 and 2.

Sophomores Brett Moorhead and Alex Berdnikoff battled to a tiebreaker against Addison Appleby and Damon Niquet at No. 2 doubles, but fell 8-7(4). Sophomores Miljan Ruzic and Sebastian Salinas dropped an 8-3 decision to Aaron Chaffee and Will Juggins at No. 1 doubles.

Salinas and Juggins met for the second time on Saturday at No. 1 singles, with Juggins edging Salinas 6-4, 6-3. Ruzic faced Niquet at No. 3 singles, falling 6-0, 6-1 while Branth took a 6-1, 6-0 loss to Huang at No. 4 singles.

Moorhead was defeated by Chaffee in two sets (6-3, 6-2) at No. 5 singles. Freshman Stephen Goldman suffered a two-set setback (6-3, 6-0) to Miller at No. 6 singles.

JMU has a quick turnaround as the Dukes take on St. Bonaventure in a neutral-court match at Virginia Tech on Sunday, March 1. Match play begins at 9 a.m. in Blacksburg, Va.

William and Mary 6, James Madison 1
Singles
No. 1 – Will Juggins (W&M) vs. Sebastian Salinas (JMU) – 6-4, 6-3
No. 2 – Rob Stirling (JMU) def. Addison Appleby (W&M) – 4-6, 6-3, 10-7
No. 3 – Damon Niquet (W&M) vs. Miljan Ruzic (JMU) – 6-0, 6-1
No. 4 – Scott Huang (W&M) vs. Maxi Branth (JMU) – 6-1, 6-0
No. 5 – Aaron Chaffee (W&M) vs. Brett Moorhead (JMU) – 6-3, 6-2
No. 6 – Alec Miller (W&M) vs. Stephen Goldman (JMU) – 6-3, 6-0
Doubles
No. 1 – Chaffee/Juggins (W&M) def. Ruzic/Salinas (JMU) – 8-3
No. 2 – Appleby/Niquet (W&M) def. Moorhead/Berdnikoff (JMU) – 8-7 (4)
No. 3 – Branth/Stirling (JMU) def. Huang/Miller (W&M) – 8-3