May 3, 2003
WC Tops W&L, 4-2, in NCAA First Round
Martins Clinches Match at No. 2 Singles

FREDERICKSBURG, VA -- The 18th-ranked Washington College men's tennis team avenged a regular season loss to 16th-ranked Washington & Lee with a 4-2 win over the Generals this afternoon in the first round of the NCAA Division III Tournament. The Shoremen (13-5) advance to face host Mary Washington, ranked 10th in Division III, in a second round match tomorrow at noon.

The Shoremen secured the doubles point by winning the first two matches to finish. Sophomore Asfand Farouk (Karachi, Pakistan/City School) and senior Alvaro Prado (Guatemala City, Guatemala/Liceo Javier) were 8-3 winners at No. 2, while senior Louis Blanchette (Dieppe, New Brunswick, Canada/Mathieu-Martin) and freshman Maciek Prytula (Szczecin, Poland/PLO) won at No. 3, 8-3.

Washington took a 3-0 lead after Blanchette won 6-4, 6-3 at No. 3 singles and Farouk won, 6-3, 7-5 at No. 4 singles, but W&L pulled within one point at 3-2 with wins at No. 5 and No. 6 singles. That left the top two singles spots as the only matches remaining and both reached three sets. WC sophomore Rafael Martins (Vitoria, Brazil/Prof. Anibal de Freitas) edged out Austin Kim, 6-4, 3-6, 7-5 at No. 2 to clinch the match for the Shoremen and give them the 4-2 win. Martins' win was all the more crucial given that junior Peter Taylor (Canton, CT/Canton) was trailing in the third set at No. 1 when the match ended after WC picked up its fourth point.

Washington & Lee won the regular season meeting between the two teams, 5-2, on March 30th.

Match Results

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

 

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