Portnoy Picks Up Lone Point as Spiders Fall at William & Mary

Tuesday, April 15

Williamsburg, Va.

4 p.m.

University of Richmond

William & Mary

Portnoy Picks Up Lone Point as Spiders Fall at William & Mary

04/15/2025 | Men's Tennis

Box Score

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. – The University of Richmond men's tennis team dropped a 4-1 decision at William & Mary Tuesday afternoon in the final regular season road match at the McCormack-Nagelsen Tennis Center. With the result, the Spiders fell to 9-8 on the season while the Tribe improved to 6-13.

How It Happened
William & Mary clinched the doubles point to open the match, winning on courts two and three. Court one went unfinished with the Spider duo Cole Brashear and Davis Wiley leading 4-2.

In singles play, Zach Portnoy earned Richmond's lone point with a strong 6-2, 6-0 win on court six. The Tribe, however, followed with straight-set victories on courts two and three before clinching the match on court one, where Wiley fell in three sets to Gur Trakhtenberg (WM), 6-2, 2-6, 6-4.

The matches on courts four and five were left unfinished with both leaning toward a decisive third set.

Richmond Men's Tennis Match Results
April 15, 2025 – Williamsburg, Va. (McCormack-Nagelsen Tennis Center)

William & Mary 4, Richmond 1

Doubles Competition

Brashear/Wiley (RIC) vs. Bortnichek/Katz (WM) 4-2, unfinished
Joseph/Trakhtenberg (WM) def. Pritchard/Rathmanner (RIC) 6-1
Hague/Hansen (WM) def. Cohen/Taranov (RIC) 6-2
Order of Finish – Doubles: 3, 2

Singles Competition

Trakhtenberg (WM) def. Wiley (RIC) 2-6, 6-2, 6-4
Hague (WM) def. Pritchard (RIC) 6-2, 6-2
Bortnichek (WM) def. Sewell (RIC) 7-5, 6-2
Rathmanner (RIC) vs. Hansen (WM) 4-6, 5-3, unfinished
Brashear (RIC) vs. Joseph (WM) 6-1, 5-7, unfinished
Portnoy (RIC) def. Karman (WM) 6-2, 6-0
Order of Finish – Singles: 6, 2, 3, 1

Up Next
The Spiders close out the regular season at home with a pair of Atlantic 10 matches. Richmond hosts Saint Joseph's on April 18 before welcoming Davidson on April 19.