April 23, 2002
Shoremen Cruise Past F&M
Lejarraga Gets 20th Win of Season

LANCASTER, PA -- The sixth-ranked Washington College Shoremen improved to 13-3 overall and 6-0 in the Centennial Conference with a 7-0 sweep of host Franklin & Marshall this afternoon. The Shoremen have not surrendered a point to a conference opponent this season and are now 70-0 all-time in Centennial dual matches.

In doubles, sophomore Peter Taylor (Canton, CT/Canton) and freshman Rafael Martins (Vitoria, Brazil/Prof. Anibal de Freitas/Cristelo) won 8-1 at No. 1, senior Jose Lejarraga (Bahia Blanca, Argentina/Escuela Normal Superior) and junior Alvaro Prado (Guatemala City, Guatemala/Liceo Javier) won 8-3 at No. 1, and freshman Asfand Farouk (Karachi, Pakistan/City School) and junior Louis Blanchette (Dieppe, New Brunswick, Canada/Mathieu-Martin) won 8-3 at No. 3.

The Shoremen won each singles match in two sets. Lejarraga won 6-0, 6-0 at No. 1, giving him his 20th singles win of the 2001-02 season, including fall tournaments. Taylor was a 6-1, 6-2 winner at No. 2. Martins needed a tie-breaker to win his first set, but still was a 7-6(4), 6-2 winner at No. 3. Farouk handled his opponent, 6-1, 6-0 at No. 4 and Blanchette blanked his, 6-0, 6-0 at No. 5. Like Martins, Prado also won his first set in a tie-breaker, posting a 7-6(6), 6-2 win at No. 6

The Shoremen return to action with a 3:30 p.m. Centennial Conference match at Gettysburg tomorrow.

Match Results

Singles
Player (School)
Player (School)
Score
No. 1 Jose' Lejarraga (WC)
def.
 Steve Emkey (F&M)
6-0, 6-0
No. 2 Peter Taylor (WC)
def.
 Manny Patniak (F&M)
6-1, 6-2
No. 3 Rafael Martins (WC)
def.
 Alex Chester (F&M)
7-6(4), 6-2
No. 4 Asfand Farouk (WC)
def.
 Dan Lindenberg (F&M)
6-0, 6-1
No. 5 Louis Blanchette (WC)
def.
 Bryan Pilkington (F&M)
6-0, 6-0
No. 6 Alvaro Prado (WC)
def.
 Alex Sanchez (F&M)
7-6(6), 6-2
Doubles
Team (School)
Team (School)
Score
No. 1 Taylor/Martins (WC)
def.
 Emkey/Patniak (F&M)
8-1
No. 2 Lejarraga/Prado (WC)
def.
 Lindenberg/Pilkington (F&M)
8-1
No. 3 Farouk/Blanchette (WC)
def.
 Chester/Sanchez (F&M)
8-3

 

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