March 30, 2003
No. 9 WC Falls to No. 19 W&L, 5-2
Taylor, Farouk Win in Singles

LEXINGTON, VA -- The ninth-ranked Washington College men's tennis team slipped to 5-4 this season with a 5-2 loss at 14th-ranked Washington & Lee today. The Generals improved to 14-2 with the win. Washington and Washington & Lee are the third- and fourth-ranked teams in the Atlantic South region, respectively.

Junior Peter Taylor (Canton, CT/Canton), ranked third in the region and 12th in Division III in singles, defeated Paul McClure, ranked 15th in the region, 7-5, 7-6(6) at No. 1 singles. The Shoremen's other point came at No. 3 singles, where Sophomore Asfand Farouk (Karachi, Pakistan/City School) rallied for a 3-6, 7-5, 7-5 win.

The Shoremen return to action Tuesday with a 3:30 p.m. Centennial Conference match at Haverford.

Match Results

Singles
Player (School)
Player (School)
Score
No. 1 Peter Taylor (WC)
def.
 Paul McClure (W&L)
7-5, 7-6(6)
No. 2 Austin Kim (W&L)
def.
 Louis Blanchette (WC)
7-5, 6-3
No. 3 Asfand Farouk (WC)
def.
 Graham Nix (W&L)
3-6, 7-5, 7-5
No. 4 K.C. Schaefer (W&L)
def.
 Alvaro Prado (WC)
6-3, 6-4
No. 5 David Shay (W&L)
def.
 Maciek Prytula (WC)
6-1, 6-1
No. 6 Jordan Eichenberger (W&L)
def.
 Tim Riskie (WC)
6-0, 6-2
Doubles
Team (School)
Team (School)
Score
No. 1 Kim/Nix (W&L)
def.
 Taylor/Blanchette (WC)
8-5
No. 2 McClure/Shay (W&L)
def.
 Farouk/Prado (WC)
8-4
No. 3 Schaefer/Chris Kimmel (W&L)
def.
 Prytula/Riskie (WC)
8-3

 

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