Minnesota’s Chi Pham pulled out a three-set victory at No. 6 singles and the Gophers posted three other straight-set wins to knock off 38th-ranked William & Mary on Sunday in Boise, Idaho.

Pham won an opening set tiebreaker 8-6 before dropping the second set 6-0 and rallying for a 6-3 win in the decisive set. His win clinched Minnesota’s victory that snapped the team’s seven-match losing streak and pushed its record to 2-9 overall. William & Mary fell to 11-5 overall.

Sebastian Gallego posted a 6-2, 6-3 win at No. 3 singles and Dino Bilankov was a 6-0, 6-3 winner at No. 4 singles. The duo also combined for Minnesota’s lone doubles win with a 9-7 victory at No. 2.
 
Raoul Schwark delivered Minnesota’s other singles win with a 6-2, 6-3 triumph at No. 1. Pierre Dumas won his opening set and battled to a three-set match at No. 5, but lost 4-6, 6-4, 6-2.

The Gophers open Big Ten play on March 9 by hosting second-ranked Ohio State at the Baseline Tennis Center.

Minnesota 4, William & Mary 3
Doubles
1. Alex Conjanu/Keziel Juneau (WM) def. Raoul Schwark/Tobias Wernet 8-6
2. Dino Bilankov/Sebastian Gallego (MINN) def. Dominic Pagon and Richard Wardell 9-7
3. Kavi Sud/Sebastien Vidal (WM) def. Chi Pham/Pierre Dumas 8-2

Singles
1. Schwark (MINN) def. Cojanu 6-2, 6-3
2. Pagon (WM) def. Wernet 2-6, 7-6, 6-4
3. Gallego (MINN) def. Juneau 6-2, 6-3
4. Bilankov (MINN) def. Vidal 6-0, 6-3
5. Marwan Romadan (WM) def. Dumas 4-6, 6-4, 6-2
6. Pham (MINN) def. Wardell 7-6 (6), 0-6, 6-3