April 4, 2003
Shoremen Blank Diplomats
WC Now 77-0 All-Time in Centennial

CHESTERTOWN, MD -- The ninth-ranked Washington College men's tennis team blanked visiting Franklin & Marshall, 7-0, today in Centennial Conference tennis action at Schottland Tennis Center. The Shoremen, now 7-4 overall and 5-0 in conference play this season, improved to 77-0 all time in the Centennial with the win.

In doubles, junior Peter Taylor (Canton, CT/Canton) and senior Louis Blanchette (Dieppe, New Brunswick, Canada/Mathieu-Martin) won 8-2 at No. 1, sophomore Asfand Farouk (Karachi, Pakistan/City School) and senior Alvaro Prado (Guatemala City, Guatemala/Liceo Javier) won 8-0 at No. 2, and freshmen Maciek Prytula (Szczecin, Poland/PLO) and Tim Riskie (Woodbury, NJ/Woodbury) won 8-3 at No. 3.

In singles, Taylor and Blanchette were a 6-1, 6-2 winners at No. 1 and No. 2, respectively, while Farouk won 6-2, 6-0 at No. 3. Prado and Prytula won by identical 6-1, 6-0 marks at No. 4 and No. 5, respectively, and Riskie was a 6-0, 6-1 winner at No. 6.

The Shoremen host Gettysburg in a 12:00 p.m. conference match tomorrow.

Match Results

Singles
Player (School)
Player (School)
Score
No. 1 Peter Taylor (WC)
def.
 Alex Levy (F&M)
6-1, 6-2
No. 2 Louis Blanchette (WC)
def.
 Alex Chester (F&M)
6-1, 6-2
No. 3 Asfand Farouk (WC)
def.
 Andrew Mayer (F&M)
6-2, 6-0
No. 4 Alvaro Prado (WC)
def.
 Dan Lindenberg (F&M)
6-1, 6-0
No. 5 Maciek Prytula (WC)
def.
 Bryan Pilkington (F&M)
6-1, 6-0
No. 6 Tim Riskie (WC)
def.
 Nader Mehran (F&M)
6-0, 6-1
Doubles
Team (School)
Team (School)
Score
No. 1 Taylor/Blanchette (WC)
def.
 Chester/Lindenberg (F&M)
8-2
No. 2 Farouk/Prado (WC)
def.
 Levy/Pilkington (F&M)
8-0
No. 3 Prytula/Riskie (WC)
def.
 Mayer/Jimmy Yen (F&M)
8-3

 

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