#39 Bears Fall to #53 William & Mary

April 1, 2004

WILLIAMSBURG, VA - Brown's Spring Trip took a slight detour Wednesday evening when the 39th ranked Bears dropped a 4-3 decision to 53rd ranked William & Mary. The loss drops the Bears to 14-5 overall.

Brown dropped a rare doubles point and fell behind the Tribe, 1-0. The 13th ranked doubles team of Jamie Cerretani and Adil Shamasdin teamed for a 9-8 decision at first doubles.

The singles competition was tight throughout with Cerretani capturing a 6-3, 6-7 (5), 1-0 (10-7) decision at number two and Shamasdin winning 6-2, 6-1 at number three. Senior Ben Brier came through with a 6-1, 6-2 victory at fifth singles, but the Bears couldn't hold onto matches at one, four and six.

Coach Jay Harris' team will return home and train for a week before opening its Ivy League schedule on the road at Penn and Princeton on April 9th and 10th.

#53 William and Mary 4, #39 Brown 3
Singles
1.	#35 Jeff Kader (W&M) d. Nicholas Goldberg; 7-5, 6-1
2.	#56 Jamie Cerretani (BU) d. Sean Kelleher; 6-3, 6-7 (5), 1-0 (10-7)
3.	Adil Shamasdin (BU) d. Geoff Russell; 6-2, 6-1
4.	Steven Kane (W&M) d. Eric Thomas; 7-6 (5), 6-4
5.	Ben Brier (BU) d. Stephen Ward; 6-1, 6-2
6.	Alex Fish (W&M) d. Zachary Pasanen; 6-4, 6-4
Order of finish: 3, 5, 1, 6, 4, 2

Doubles
1.	#13 Cerretani/Shamasdin (BU) d. #30 Kane/Russell; 9-8
2.	Kelleher/Ward (W&M) d. Kris Goddard/Pasanen; 8-5
3.	Fish/Kader (W&M) d. Brier/Goldberg; 8-6