February 2, 2002
WC Drops Opener to Div. I Bearcats

BINGHAMTON, NY -- The Washington College men's tennis team lost the first dual match on its 2002 schedule this evening falling to Division I Binghamton University, 6-1. The match was played indoors at the Binghamton Tennis Center.

The Bearcats (3-2) swept the doubles matches to earn one point and won five of the six singles matches to gain the victory. Washington's lone victory came at No. 5 singles, where freshman Asfand Farouk posted a 6-1, 6-2 win over Binghamton's Steve Spencer.

The Shoremen, ranked 7th in Division III, return to action February 24 with a 10:00 a.m. home meet against Carnegie Mellon.

Match Results

Singles
Player (School)
Player (School)
Score
No. 1 Akshay Rao (BU)
def.
 Jose' Lejarraga (WC)
6-3, 6-3
No. 2 Dmitriy Litvak (BU)
def.
 Seth Morgan (WC)
6-2, 6-3
No. 3 Brad Davidoff (BU)
def.
 Peter Taylor (WC)
6-2, 7-5
No. 4 Brad Sherwood (BU)
def.
 Rafael Martins (WC)
6-2, 7-6
No. 5 Asfand Farouk (WC)
def.
 Ryan Rosenthal (BU)
6-1, 6-2
No. 6 Steve Spencer (BU)
def.
 Louis Blanchette (WC)
6-1, 7-6
Doubles
Team (School)
Team (School)
Score
No. 1 Rao/Litvak (BU)
def.
 Lejarraga/Morgan (WC)
8-5
No. 2 Sherwood/Davdioff (BU)
def.
 Taylor/Martins (WC)
8-5
No. 3 Spencer/Rosenthal (BU)
def.
 Farouk/Blanchette (WC)
8-5

 

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