March 22, 2003
Shoremen Breeze Past Mules
WC Wins 74th CC Match in a Row

CHESTERTOWN, MD -- The ninth-ranked Washington College men's tennis team breezed past visiting Muhlenberg, 7-0, today in Centennial Conference tennis action at Schottland Tennis Center. The Shoremen, now 3-3 overall and 2-0 in conference play this season, improved to 74-0 all time in the Centennial Conference.

In doubles, junior Peter Taylor (Canton, CT/Canton) and senior Louis Blanchette (Dieppe, New Brunswick, Canada/Mathieu-Martin) won 8-4 at No. 1, sophomore Asfand Farouk (Karachi, Pakistan/City School) and senior Alvaro Prado (Guatemala City, Guatemala/Liceo Javier) won 8-3 at No. 2, and freshmen Maciek Prytula (Szczecin, Poland/PLO) and Tim Riskie (Woodbury, NJ/Woodbury) won 8-5 at No. 3.

In singles, Taylor record a 6-2, 6-1 win at No. 1. Blanchette battled back to win 4-6, 6-0, 6-4 at No. 2. Farouk won in three sets at No. 3, 6-2, 3-6, 6-0. Prado cruised to a 6-2, 6-0 win at No. 4, while Prytula posted a 6-0, 6-2 win at No. 5. Riskie rounded out singles play with a 6-1, 6-2 win at No. 6.

The Shoremen are back in action Saturday when they travel to Johns Hopkins for a 3:30 p.m. match.

Match Results

Singles
Player (School)
Player (School)
Score
No. 1 Peter Taylor (WC)
def.
 Jeff Kraft (M)
6-2, 6-1
No. 2 Louis Blanchette (WC)
def.
 Brad Scheller (M)
4-6, 6-0, 6-4
No. 3 Asfand Farouk (WC)
def.
 Cameron Parke (M)
6-2, 3-6, 6-0
No. 4 Alvaro Prado (WC)
def.
 Matthew Fleissig (M)
6-2, 6-0
No. 5 Maciek Prytula (WC)
def.
 Brian Barkauskas (M)
6-0, 6-2
No. 6 Tim Riskie (WC)
def.
 Mitchell Reading (M)
6-1, 6-2
Doubles
Team (School)
Team (School)
Score
No. 1 Taylor/Blanchette (WC)
def.
 Scheller/Fleissig (M)
8-4
No. 2 Farouk/Prado (WC)
def.
 Kraft/Parke (M)
8-3
No. 3 Prytula/Riskie (WC)
def.
 Adam Nodiff/Brad Gutwillig (M)
8-5

 

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