April 23, 2003
Shoremen Handle Sea Gulls, 6-1
WC Sweeps Doubles, Wins Five Singles

SALISBURY, MD -- The Washington College men's tennis team won its final regular-season dual match of 2003 this afternoon, defeating host Salisbury, 6-1, this afternoon. The Shoremen, who improved to 12-5, won all three doubles matches and five of the six singles matches.

In doubles, junior Peter Taylor (Canton, CT/Canton) and sophomore Rafael Martins (Vitoria, Brazil/Prof. Anibal de Freitas) 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 senior Louis Blanchette (Dieppe, New Brunswick, Canada/Mathieu-Martin) and freshman Maciek Prytula (Szczecin, Poland/PLO) won, 8-4, at No. 3.

In singles, Taylor remained unbeaten this spring at No. 1 with a 6-4, 6-1 win. Blanchette won 6-4, 7-5, at No. 3, Farouk won in three sets at No. 4, 6-0, 6-7, 6-0, Prado was a 6-2, 6-0 winner at No. 5, and Prytula posted a 6-2, 6-1 win at No. 6.

The Shoremen will compete at the Centennial Conference Singles and Doubles Championships this weekend at Haverford and Bryn Mawr.

Match Results

Singles
Player (School)
Player (School)
Score
No. 1 Peter Taylor (WC)
def.
 Nick Peel (S)
6-4, 6-1
No. 2 Scott Mayberry (S)
def.
 Rafael Martins (WC)
6-4, 7-6
No. 3 Louis Blanchette (WC)
def.
 Tyler Robinson (S)
6-4, 7-5
No. 4 Asfand Farouk (WC)
def.
 Jacob Cook (S)
6-0, 6-7, 6-0
No. 5 Alvaro Prado (WC)
def.
 Jamie Engles (S)
6-2, 6-0
No. 6 Maciek Prytula (WC)
def.
 Tim Mayberry (S)
6-2, 6-1
Doubles
Team (School)
Team (School)
Score
No. 1 Taylor/Martins (WC)
def.
 S. Mayberry/Peel (S)
8-4
No. 2 Farouk/Prado (WC)
def.
 Cook/Engles (S)
8-3
No. 3 Prytula/Blanchette (WC)
def.
 T. Mayberry/Robinson (S)
8-4

 

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