April 16, 2002
WC Defeats Eastern Shore Rival
Shoremen Improve to 11-3

CHESTERTOWN, MD -- The seventh-ranked Washington College Shoremen improved to 11-3 this season with a 6-1 victory over visiting Eastern Shore rival Salisbury University. The Shoremen breezed through the doubles matches and captured five of six singles matches.

The Shoremen dropped a total of four games in doubles. Sophomore Peter Taylor (Canton, CT/Canton) and freshman Rafael Martins (Vitoria, Brazil/Prof. Anibal de Freitas/Cristelo) won 8-2 at No. 1, senior Jose Lejarraga (Bahia Blanca, Argentina/Escuela Normal Superior) and junior Alvaro Prado (Guatemala City, Guatemala/Liceo Javier) won 8-1 at No. 2, and freshman Asfand Farouk (Karachi, Pakistan/City School) and junior Louis Blanchette (Dieppe, New Brunswick, Canada/Mathieu-Martin) were 8-0 winners at No. 3.

Four Shoremen won their singles matches in two sets. Lejarraga posted a 6-2, 6-1 win at No. 1, Farouk was a 6-0, 6-0 winner at No. 4, Blanchette notched a 6-2, 6-2 win at No. 5, and Prado won 6-1, 6-2 at No. 6. Taylor battled back after dropping his first set to win 1-6, 6-0, 6-3 at No. 2.

The Shoremen return to action with a 3:30 p.m. Centennial Conference match at Franklin & Marshall Friday.

Match Results

Singles
Player (School)
Player (School)
Score
No. 1 Jose' Lejarraga (WC)
def.
 Nick Peel (S)
6-2, 6-1
No. 2 Peter Taylor (WC)
def.
 Scott Mayberry (S)
1-6, 6-0, 6-3
No. 3 Greg Forster (S)
def.
 Rafael Martins (WC)
6-3, 6-4
No. 4 Asfand Farouk (WC)
def.
 Ed Snyder (S)
6-0, 6-0
No. 5 Louis Blanchette (WC)
def.
 Jacob Cook (S)
6-2, 6-2
No. 6 Alvaro Prado (WC)
def.
 Matt Vecchivlla (S)
6-1, 6-2
Doubles
Team (School)
Team (School)
Score
No. 1 Taylor/Martins (WC)
def.
 Peel/Mayberry (S)
8-2
No. 2 Lejarraga/Prado (WC)
def.
 Forster/Snyder (S)
8-1
No. 3 Farouk/Blanchette (WC)
def.
 Vecchivlla/Cook (S)
8-0

 

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