March 24, 2003
Shoremen Top Hopkins, 5-2

BALTIMORE, MD -- The ninth-ranked Washington College men's tennis team improved to 75-0 all time in Centennial Conference play with a 5-2 victory at Johns Hopkins this afternoon. The Shoremen are now 4-3 overall and 3-0 in conference play this season.

The Shoremen won the doubles point by taking the top two spots. Junior Peter Taylor (Canton, CT/Canton) and senior Louis Blanchette (Dieppe, New Brunswick, Canada/Mathieu-Martin) won 8-1 at No. 1, while sophomore Asfand Farouk (Karachi, Pakistan/City School) and senior Alvaro Prado (Guatemala City, Guatemala/Liceo Javier) won 8-0 at No. 2.

In singles, Taylor was a 6-3, 6-2 winner at No. 1, while Blanchette won 6-1, 6-1 at No. 2. The Shoremen's other two singles wins came at No. 3, where Farouk won 6-1, 6-3, and at No. 5, where freshman Maciek Prytula (Szczecin, Poland/PLO) was a 7-6(3), 6-2 winner.

The Shoremen are back in action Saturday with a 12:00 p.m. match against 19th-ranked Rhodes at Washington & Lee.

Match Results

Singles
Player (School)
Player (School)
Score
No. 1 Peter Taylor (WC)
def.
 Kevin Alford (JHU)
6-3, 6-2
No. 2 Louis Blanchette (WC)
def.
 Justin Chan (JHU)
6-1, 6-1
No. 3 Asfand Farouk (WC)
def.
 Justin Belisario (JHU)
6-1, 6-3
No. 4 Krisna Potarazu (JHU)
def.
 Alvaro Prado (WC)
6-4, 7-5
No. 5 Maciek Prytula (WC)
def.
 Grant Roch (JHU)
7-6(3), 6-2
No. 6 Michael Kelly-Sell (JHU)
def.
 Tim Riskie (WC)
6-4, 6-2
Doubles
Team (School)
Team (School)
Score
No. 1 Taylor/Blanchette (WC)
def.
 Alford/Belisario (JHU)
8-1
No. 2 Farouk/Prado (WC)
def.
 Chan/Potarazu (JHU)
8-0
No. 3 Roch/Kelly-Sell (JHU)
def.
 Prytula/Riskie (WC)
8-5

 

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