Men’s Tennis Falls to William & Mary, 5-2

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – The Boston College men's tennis team opened the spring dual season with a 5-2 loss to William & Mary (2-1) at the Flynn Recreation Complex.

Freshman Alexander Chieffalo and junior Kent Mukai each won singles matches for the Eagles (0-1). Chieffalo, in his first-career dual season match, fought back after dropping the first set for a 7-5 second-set victory to force a tiebreaker. The freshman won the tiebreaker 12-10.

Mukai defeated William & Mary's Alec Miller 6-3, 6-4 for BC's first match point of the day.

The Eagles return to action at Sunday, Jan. 29 at 5 p.m. at Brown.

Men's Tennis Match Results
William & Mary at Boston College
January, 22 2016 at Chestnut Hill, Mass.
Flynn Recreation Complex

Singles
1. No. 72 Aidan Talcott (WM) d. Aidan McNulty (BC) 6-3, 6-3
2. Christian Cargill (WM) d. Hank Workman (BC) 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
3. Addison Appleby (WM) d. Sean Mullins (BC) 6-3, 6-4
4. Kent Mukai (BC) d. Alec Miler (WM) 6-2, 6-4
5. Alexander Chieffalo (BC) d. Damon Niquet (WM) 3-6, 7-5, 12-10
6. Michael Ruamthong (WM) d. Peter Campana (BC) 6-1, 7-6

Doubles
1. Talcott/Ryan Newman (WM) d. McNulty/Workman 6-3
2. Appleby/Tristan Bautill (WM) d. Chieffalo/Mullins 4-3 (unfinished)
3. Cargill/Niquet (WM) d. Mukai/Jeffrey Melvin 6-0

Men’s Tennis Falls to William & Mary, 5-2

Next Event

Players Mentioned

Peter Campana

Alexander Chieffalo

Aidan McNulty

Jeffrey Melvin

Kent Mukai

Sean Mullins

Hank Workman