Men's Tennis Concludes River City Tennis Open

Friday, October 4

Richmond, Va.

University of Richmond

River City Open

10/06/2024 | Men's Tennis

River City Tennis Open Results (PDF)

RICHMOND, Va. – The University of Richmond men's tennis team delivered a strong performance at the River City Open this past weekend, highlighted by freshman Otto Sewell, who cruised through singles action at 3-1.

Sam Rathmanner also had a strong showing in the open, clinching two singles wins, including a decisive 6-0, 6-1 victory against Aryan Arora (Hampton). In doubles, he teamed up with Paxton Pritchard, securing a 3-0 record Pritchard also won both his singles matches, including a tightly contested match against Yanozie Amadike (Hampton) that ended 6-2, 7-6(5).

Davis Wiley and Cole Brashear won a pair of doubles matches, highlighted by a 6-4 victory over German Samofalov and Alfred Almasi (VCU), and a commanding 6-1 victory against Aryan Arora and Donte Armbrister (Hampton). Mark Taranov secured three-straight wins in singles, including a 6-1, 6-1 victory over Marcus Zhang (Navy).

The Spiders will look to continue their fall slate on Oct. 25-27 at the Elon Invitational and Atlantic 10 Fall Individual in Davidson, N.C. for a split weekend.

Doubles Results

Grant Cohen / Mark Taranov (RIC) def. Jonathan Lee / Zack Giertz (Navy), 6-2
Davis Wiley / Cole Brashear (RIC) def. German Samofalov / Alfred Almasi (VCU), 6-4
Paxton Pritchard / Sam Rathmanner (RIC) def. Jake Young / Aaron Gu (Navy), 6-2
Otto Sewell / Dylan Atkinson (RIC) def. Graydon Buckingham / Zachary Quattro (Navy), 6-1
Paxton Pritchard / Sam Rathmanner (RIC) def. Alexander Karman / Nikita Bortnichek (W&M), 6-2
Zachary Portnoy / Mark Taranov (RIC) def. Theo Nilsson / Bryan Volk (W&M), 6-4
Davis Wiley / Cole Brashear (RIC) def. Aryan Arora / Donte Armbrister (Hampton), 6-1
Otto Sewell / Dylan Atkinson (RIC) def. Marko Stoilkovski / Benedict Badza (Hampton), 7-5
Tadej Mihajlovic / Yanozie Amadike (Hampton) def. Zachary Portnoy / Grant Cohen (RIC), 6-4
Timeo Puech / Marko Mrdak (Longwood) def. Davis Wiley / Cole Brashear (RIC), 7-5
Paxton Pritchard / Sam Rathmanner (RIC) def. Alejandro Uribe / Petter Lindquist (Longwood), 6-3
Otto Sewell / Dylan Atkinson (RIC) def. Vselovod Rusin / Kuan Chang Huang (Longwood), 6-2
Aryan Arora / Donte Armbrister (Hampton) def. Zachary Portnoy / Mark Taranov (RIC), 6-4

Singles Results
German Samofalov (VCU) def. Davis Wiley (RIC), 6-3, 6-1
Paxton Pritchard (RIC) def. George Cutone (Navy), 7-5, 2-6 [8-10]
Otto Sewell (RIC) def. Charlie Spencer (Navy), 6-1, 6-1
Dylan Atkinson (RIC) def. Aaron Gu, 6-1, 6-2 (Navy)
Sam Rathmanner (RIC) def. Graydon Buckingham (Navy), 6-1, 6-3
Grant Cohen (RIC) def. Kai Edwards (Navy), 6-3, 6-0
Cole Brashear (RIC) def. Zachary Quattro (Navy), 6-0, 6-0
Kostiantyn Mantach (VCU) def. Zach Portnoy (RIC) 7(5)-6, 7(7)-6
Mark Taranov (RIC) def. Marcus Zhang (Navy), 6-1, 6-1
Nikita Bortnichek (W&M) def. Grant Cohen (RIC) 6-1, 5-7 [10-1]
Davis Wiley (RIC) def. Stiles Brockett (UVA), 6-3,6-2
Jack Griffin (UVA) def. Dylan Atkinson (RIC), 6-1, 6-4
Donte Armbrister (Hampton) def. Cole Brashear (RIC), 6-3, 6-4
Zach Portnoy (RIC) def. Tadej Mihajlovic (Hampton), 6-0, 6-3
Paxton Pritchard (RIC) def. Yanozie Amadike (Hampton), 6-2, 7-6(5)
Sam Rathmanner (RIC) def. Aryan Arora (Hampton), 6-0, 6-1
Otto Sewell (RIC) def. Marko Stoilkovski (Hampton), 6-4, 6-2
Grant Cohen (RIC) def. Benedict Badza (Hampton), 3-6, 6-2 [11-9]
Mark Taranov (RIC) def. Kuan Chang Huang (Longwood), 6-0, 6-2
James O'Sullivan (Georgetown) def. Grant Cohen (RIC), 7(5)-6, 3-6 [6-10]
Arthur O'Sullivan (Georgetown) def. Davis Wiley (RIC) 6-0, 6-3
Nelson Alapi (Bucknell) def. Paxton Pritchard (RIC), 4-6, 6-3 [10-1]
Zach Portnoy (RIC) def. William Robinson (Bucknell) 7-5, 6-2
Stiles Brockett (UVA) def. Sam Rathmanner (RIC), 6-1, 6-3
Alexander Karman (W&M) def. Cole Brashear (RIC), 2-6, 7-5 [10-8]
Mark Taranov (RIC) def. Bryan Volk (W&M), 6-4, 7-5
Alfred Almasi (VCU) def. Otto Sewell (RIC), 6-4, 6-0