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No. 67 Seahawks Return To CAA Men's Tennis Finals

ELON, North Carolina – The 67th-ranked UNCW men's tennis team advanced to its sixth Colonial Athletic Association championship match in the last eight years with a 4-1 victory over fourth-seeded William & Mary early Saturday at Elon's Jimmy Powell Tennis Center.

The top-seeded Seahawks won their third straight match and improved to 12-8 on the season. UNCW will face the winner of #2 Charleston vs. #3 Elon on Sunday at 10 a.m. The Tribe, defending CAA champions, wound up 15-9 this spring.

In Saturday's pairing, the Seahawks won the doubles point for the 12th time this season and added three singles victories to earn a shot at their fifth CAA crown since 2009.

UNCW split the first two matches off the court in doubles before the No. 3 tandem of Agustin Savarino and John Hublitz stayed unbeaten through four outings with a 6-2 verdict over W&M's Lars de Boer and Damon Niquet to nail down the point.

Freshman Aviv Ben Shabat increased the lead to 2-0 with a 6-3, 6-3, triumph over de Boer at No. 4 singles before Aidan Talcott got W&M on the board with a 6-2, 6-3, victory against UNCW's Xander Veys at No. 4 singles.

But the Seahawks closed out the match behind sophomore Andres Torres and Savarino. Torres trimmed Niquet, 6-2, 7-5, at No. 6 singles and Savarino defeated Alec Miller, 6-2, 7-6 (3), for his third match-clincher of the campaign.

April 23, 2016 | Jimmy Powell Tennis Center | Elon, N.C.
2016 CAA Men's Tennis Semifinals
#1 UNCW 4, #4 William & Mary 1
 
Singles
1. #120 Santtu Leskinen (UNCW) vs. Christian Cargill (WM) 7-6 (7-4), 5-3, unfinished
2. Christiaan Van der Burgh (UNCW) vs. Addison Appleby (WM) 6-2, 3-6, 1-1, unfinished
3. Agustin Savarino (UNCW) def. Alec Miller (WM) 6-2, 7-6 (7-3)
4. Aviv Ben Shabat (UNCW) def. Lars de Boer (WM) 6-3, 6-3
5. Aidan Talcott (WM) def. Xander Veys (UNCW) 6-2, 6-3
6. Andres Torres (UNCW) def. Damon Niquet (WM) 6-2, 7-5
 
Doubles
1. Christian Cargill/Scott Huang (WM) def. Christiaan Van der Burgh/Aviv Ben Shabat (UNCW) 6-3
2. Santtu Leskinen/Taylor Cramer (UNCW) def. Ryan Newman/Tristan Bautil (WM) 6-2
3. Agustin Savarino/Josh Hublitz (UNCW) def. Lars de Boer/Damon Niquet (WM) 6-2
 
Order of finish: Doubles (2,1,3); Singles (4,5,6,3)
 
 
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Players Mentioned

Taylor Cramer

Taylor Cramer

PLAYER
5' 9"
Sophomore
Josh Hublitz

Josh Hublitz

PLAYER
5' 11"
Sophomore
Santtu Leskinen

Santtu Leskinen

PLAYER
6' 1"
Senior
Andres Torres

Andres Torres

PLAYER
5' 9"
Sophomore
Christiaan Van der Burgh

Christiaan Van der Burgh

PLAYER
6' 3"
Senior
Xander Veys

Xander Veys

PLAYER
6' 2"
Sophomore
Agustin Savarino

Agustin Savarino

5' 10"
Freshman
Aviv Ben Shabat

Aviv Ben Shabat

5' 10"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Taylor Cramer

Taylor Cramer

5' 9"
Sophomore
PLAYER
Josh Hublitz

Josh Hublitz

5' 11"
Sophomore
PLAYER
Santtu Leskinen

Santtu Leskinen

6' 1"
Senior
PLAYER
Andres Torres

Andres Torres

5' 9"
Sophomore
PLAYER
Christiaan Van der Burgh

Christiaan Van der Burgh

6' 3"
Senior
PLAYER
Xander Veys

Xander Veys

6' 2"
Sophomore
PLAYER
Agustin Savarino

Agustin Savarino

5' 10"
Freshman
Aviv Ben Shabat

Aviv Ben Shabat

5' 10"
Freshman