April 27, 2003
WC Wins CC Singles, Clinches Doubles
Taylor Repeats as Singles Champion

HAVERFORD, PA -- The Washington College Shoremen claimed the singles championship and clinched the doubles championship this weekend at the Centennial Conference Tournament hosted by Haverford College. Junior Peter Taylor (Canton, CT/Canton) won the singles crown for the second straight year. Taylor and senior Louis Blanchette (Dieppe, NB, Canada/Mathieu-Martin) will play against sophomore Asfand Farouk (Karachi, Pakistan/City School) and freshman Maciek Prytula (Szczecin, Poland/PLO) tomorrow for the doubles title on the WC campus.

Taylor marched to the singles crown without losing a set. He defeated Geoff Gamble of Gettysburg, 6-1, 6-1 in the second round and Justin Belisario of Johns Hopkins, 6-0, 6-2 in the quarterfinals. His toughest test came from teammate Farouk, whom he beat, 6-3, 7-5, in the semifinals. In the final, Taylor breezed past Kevin Alford of Johns Hopkins, 6-1, 6-1.

Farouk reached the semifinals in singles by defeating Dave Johnson of McDaniel, 6-1, 6-0 in the second round and Greg Bertelsen of Dickinson, 6-1, 6-0 in the quarterfinals. Blanchette also reached the semifinals, ousting Grant Roch of Johns Hopkins, 6-1, 6-1, in the second round and Carl Lederman of Haverford, 6-2, 6-4, in the quarterfinals. Blanchette lost to Alford, 5-7, 6-3, 6-0 in the semifinals.

In doubles, Farouk and Prytula defeated McDaniel's Aaron Taylor and Matt Wolfe, 8-0, Haverford's tandem of Lederman and Matt Stein, 8-5, and Muhlenberg's Matthew Fleissig/Brad Scheller, 8-4, to reach the championships. Taylor and Blanchette cruised to the final match, beating Roch and Hopkins teammate Mike Kelly-Sell, 8-3, Alex Chester and Dan Lindenberg of Franklin & Marshall, 8-1, and Jeff Kraft and Cameron Parke of Muhlenberg, 8-1.

WC Match Results

Singles
Player (School)
Player (School)
Score
2nd Rd Louis Blanchette (WC)
def.
 Grant Roch (JH)
6-1, 6-1
2nd Rd Asfand Farouk (WC)
def.
 Dave Johnson (MCD)
6-1, 6-0
2nd Rd Peter Taylor (WC)
def.
 Geoff Gamble (G)
6-1, 6-1
QF Louis Blanchette (WC)
def.
 Carl Lederman (H)
6-2, 6-4
QF Asfand Farouk (WC)
def.
 Greg Bertelsen (D)
6-1, 6-0
QF Peter Taylor (WC)
def.
 Justin Belisario (JH)
6-0, 6-2
SF Kevin Alford (JH)
def.
 Louis Blanchette (WC)
5-7, 6-3, 6-0
SF Peter Taylor (WC)
def.
 Asfand Farouk (WC)
6-3, 7-5
Final Peter Taylor (WC)
def.
 Kevin Alford (JH)
6-1, 6-1
Doubles
Team (School)
Team (School)
Score
2nd Rd Farouk/Maciek Pryutla (WC)
def.
 Aaron Taylor/Matt Wolfe (MCD)
8-0
2nd Rd Taylor/Blanchette (WC)
def.
 Roch/Mike Kelly-Sell (JH)
8-3
QF Farouk/Rytula (WC)
def.
 Lederman/Matt Stein (H)
8-5
QF Taylor/Blanchette (WC)
def.
 Alex Chester/Dan Lindenberg (F&M)
8-1
SF Farouk/Prytula (WC)
def.
 Matthew Fleissig/Brad Scheller (MUH)
8-4
SF Taylor/Blanchette (WC)
def.
 Jeff Kraft/Cameron Parke (MUH)
8-1

 

 

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