March 19, 2003
WC Wins 73rd Straight CC Match
Shoremen Down Ursinus, 7-0

COLLEGEVILLE, PA -- The ninth-ranked Washington College men's tennis team improved to 73-0 all time in Centennial Conference play with a 7-0 sweep of host Ursinus this afternoon. The Shoremen are now 2-3 overall and 1-0 in conference play this season.

The Shoremen won at No. 1 and No. 3 doubles by identical 8-1 scores, with junior Peter Taylor (Canton, CT/Canton) and senior Louis Blanchette (Dieppe, New Brunswick, Canada/Mathieu-Martin) prevailing at No. 1 and freshmen Maciek Prytula (Szczecin, Poland/PLO) and Tim Riskie (Woodbury, NJ/Woodbury) winning at No. 3. WC sophomore Asfand Farouk (Karachi, Pakistan/City School) and senior Alvaro Prado (Guatemala City, Guatemala/Liceo Javier) posted an 8-5 win at No. 2.

In singles, Taylor record a 6-0, 6-0 sweep at No. 1, while Prytula did the same at No. 5. Blanchette won 6-1, 6-0 at No. 2. The other three singles matches were played to an eight-game pro set. Farouk and Riskie won 8-0 at No. 3 and No. 6, respectively, while Prado won 8-2 at No. 4.

The Shoremen are back in action Saturday when they host Muhlenberg at 12:00 p.m.

Match Results

Singles
Player (School)
Player (School)
Score
No. 1 Peter Taylor (WC)
def.
 Jeremy Landis (U)
6-0, 6-0
No. 2 Louis Blanchette (WC)
def.
 Chris Fox (U)
6-1, 6-0
No. 3 Asfand Farouk (WC)
def.
 Marcus Ressler (U)
8-0
No. 4 Alvaro Prado (WC)
def.
 Nishant Keerikapie (U)
8-2
No. 5 Maciek Prytula (WC)
def.
 Rahul Patri (U)
6-0, 6-0
No. 6 Tim Riskie (WC)
def.
 Samit Patel (U)
8-0
Doubles
Team (School)
Team (School)
Score
No. 1 Taylor/Blanchette (WC)
def.
 Landis/Fox (U)
8-1
No. 2 Farouk/Prado (WC)
def.
 Ressler/Keerikapie (U)
8-5
No. 3 Prytula/Riskie (WC)
def.
 Patri/Patel (U)
8-1

 

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