NORFOLK, Va., April 17, 2009 – The sixth-seeded James Madison men’s tennis team was eliminated from the Colonial Athletic Association Championships with a 4-1 loss to third-seeded William & Mary on Friday at the Folkes-Stevens Tennis Center on the campus of Old Dominion University.

The Dukes got off to a good start, taking a 1-0 lead after doubles play.  JMU’s number one pairing of junior Mike Smith (Fairfax Station, Va./Robinson) and sophomore Matt King (Lorton, Va./Robinson) started things off with an 8-4 win over Keziel Juneau and Sebastien Vidal.  The Tribe rebounded with an 8-2 win at No. 2 doubles before sophomore Yaroslav Voznenko (Kherson, Ukraine/Kherson Technical School) and freshman Ville Maaranen (Joensuu, Finland/Juensuun lukio) sealed the point for Madison with a 8-5 win at No. 3.

W&M came right back in singles play, winning four singles matches to advance to the semifinals

Sophomore Jared Robinson (Johannesburg, South Africa/St. Stithians) led his match against Juneau 6-4, 5-4 when the match was ended with the result already in hand.

The Tribe will take on the two seed VCU in Saturday’s quarterfinal action.

W&M 4, JMU 1

Singles

No. 1 – Juneau (W&M) vs. Robinson (JMU), 4-6, 4-5 – DNF

No. 2 – Pagon (W&M) vs. Smith (JMU), 6-4, 5-3 – DNF

No. 3 – Vidal (W&M) d. Nissinen (JMU), 6-1, 6-1

No. 4 – Wardell (W&M) d. Rubenstein (JMU), 6-2, 6-2

No. 5 – Pandit (W&M) d. Maaranen (JMU), 6-0, 6-1

No. 6 – Orre (W&M) d. Voznenko (JMU) 6-2, 6-3

Doubles

No. 1 – Smith/King (JMU) d. Juneau/Vidal (W&M), 8-4

No. 2 – Pagon/Pandit (W&M) d. Robinson/Rubestein (JMU), 8-2

No. 3 – Maaranen/Voznenko (JMU) d. Orre/Wirth (W&M), 8-5

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