URBANA, Ill. – Elon University’s 33rd-ranked men’s tennis tandem of Cameron Silverman and Stefan Fortmann saw their stellar 2013 season come to an end on Thursday, May 23, following a 7-6 (3), 6-3, setback to Texas A&M’s eighth-ranked Junior Ore and Jackson Winthrow at the NCAA Men’s Tennis Doubles Championships.

Trailing by three points, 5-2, in the first set, Silverman and Fortmann completed a monumental comeback by winning the next four points to take a 6-5 advantage to gain momentum. But Ore and Winthrow answered, knotting the match at 6-all to force a tiebreaker. In the tiebreaker, the TAMU duo captured a 7-3 decision to win the first set, 7-6, and take an early lead.

Silverman and Fortmann eventually pushed out to a 2-1 lead in the second set to gain early momentum. But Ore and Winthrow fought back again, eventually rallying to win the set, 6-3, and advance in the doubles championship.

Silverman and Fortmann end the 2013 season with an overall record of 16-5 record.