April 2, 2002
Shoremen Handle Fords
Big Weekend Up Next

CHESTERTOWN, MD -- The Washington College Shoremen, ranked second in the South Atlantic region and seventh in Division III, improved to 6-2 overall and 3-0 in Centennial Conference play with a 7-0 sweep of visiting Haverford, the 15th-ranked team in the region. The Shoremen are now 67-0 all-time in Centennial play.

In doubles, sophomore Peter Taylor (Canton, CT/Canton) and freshman Rafael Martins (Vitoria, Brazil/Prof. Anibal de Freitas/Cristelo) won 8-3 at No. 1. Senior Jose Lejarraga (Bahia Blanca, Argentina/Escuela Normal Superior) and junior Alvaro Prado (Guatemala City, Guatemala/Liceo Javier) won by an identical score at No. 2 and junior Louis Blanchette (Dieppe, New Brunswick, Canada/Mathieu-Martin) and freshman Asfand Farouk (Karachi, Pakistan/City School) were 8-6 winners at No. 3.

Lejarraga headed singles play with a 6-0, 6-0 win at No. 1. Farouk won 7-5, 6-0 at No. 2, while Taylor was a 6-2, 6-1 winner at No. 3. Martins posted a 6-1, 6-2 victory at No. 4, Blanchette won 6-4, 4-6, 10-5 at No. 5, and Prado came away with a 6-3, 6-3 triumph at No. 6.

The Shoremen host Rhodes, the eighth-ranked team in the region Saturday at 2:00 p.m. and square off against visiting Emory, the top-ranked team in the region and fifth-ranked team in Division III Sunday at 11:00 a.m.

Match Results

Singles
Player (School)
Player (School)
Score
No. 1 Jose' Lejarraga (WC)
def.
 Andrew Law (HC)
6-0, 6-0
No. 2 Asfand Farouk (WC)
def.
 George Bulman (HC)
7-5, 6-0
No. 3 Peter Taylor (WC)
def.
 Carl Lederman (HC)
6-2, 6-1
No. 4 Rafael Martins (WC)
def.
 Ryan Bowman (HC)
6-1, 6-2
No. 5 Louis Blanchette (WC)
def.
 Agron Scherb (HC)
6-4, 4-6, 10-5
No. 6 Alvaro Prado (WC)
def.
 Harrison Lee (HC)
6-3, 6-3
Doubles
Team (School)
Team (School)
Score
No. 1 Taylor/Martins (WC)
def.
 Bowman/Matt Stein (HC)
8-3
No. 2 Lejarraga/Prado (WC)
def.
 Bulman/Scherb (HC)
8-3
No. 3 Farouk/Blanchette (WC)
def.
 Lederman/Lee (HC)
8-6

 

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