April 25, 2004
Prytula Captures CC Singles Crown
Teammate Riskie Finishes Second

SWARTHMORE, PA -- Washington College sophomore Maciek Prytula (Szczecin, Poland/PLO) is the 2004 Centennial Conference Singles Champion. Prytula and sophomore teammate Tim Riskie (Woodbury, NJ/Woodbury) advanced to the final round in singles at the conference's singles and doubles championships, held Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, at Haverford and Swarthmore Colleges. A final match between the teammates was not played and, instead, Prytula, who was seeded fourth in the tournament, was declared the champion.

Prytula and Riskie both received first-round byes in the tournament. In the second round, Prytula defeated Mike Kelly-Sell of Johns Hopkins, 6-3, 6-0, while Riskie bested Jeremy Landis of Ursinus, 6-0, 6-3. In the quarterfinals, Prytula topped Haverford's Aaron Scherb, 6-2, 6-4, while Riskie eliminated second-seeded Hans Hardisty of Gettysburg, 6-1, 6-4. In the semifinals, Prytula rolled to a 6-1, 6-3 win over Haverford's Elmar Trust and Riskie pulled out a 6-3, 7-6(2), 6-1 win over third-seeded Carl Lederman of Haverford.

Prytula's singles title marks the fifth Centennial singles crown in a row won by a Washington player. Prytula's older brother Bart Prytula accounted for one of the championships in the current streak by winning the title in 2001.

Elsewhere in singles play, Washington senior Brant Whisler (Willow Grove, PA/Upper Moreland) defeated McDaniel's Brian Kastner, 6-1, 6-2, in the first round before falling to Justin Chan of Johns Hopkins, 7-5, 6-2, in round two.

Freshman Vivian Chhetri (Delhi, India/Prachar Vidhlaya) and senior Ben Dernis (Paris, France/New Hampton, NH) advanced to the semifinals in singles play. They defeated Nick Kennedy and Krishna Potarazu of Johns Hopkins, 8-5, in the second round after receiving a first round bye. In the quarterfinals, Chhetri and Dernis then eliminated the fourth-seeded Haverford team of Lederman and Matt Stein, 8-6, in the quarterfinals before losing to the top seed and eventual champions, Chris Beegle and Eric Schroeder of Dickinson, 8-6, in the semifinals.

WC Match Results

Singles
Player (School)
Player (School)
Score
1st Rd Brant Whisler (WC)
def.
 Brian Kastner (MCD)
6-1, 6-2
2nd Rd Justin Chan (JH)
def.
 Brant Whisler (WC)
7-5, 6-2
2nd Rd Maciek Prytula (WC)
def.
 Mike Kelly-Sell (JH)
6-3, 6-0
2nd Rd Tim Riskie (WC)
def.
 Jeremy Landis (U)
6-0, 6-3
QF Maciek Prytula (WC)
def.
 Aaron Scherb (H)
6-2, 6-4
QF Tim Riskie (WC)
def.
 Hans Hardisty (G)
6-1, 6-4
SF Maciek Prytula (WC)
def.
 Elmar Trust (H)
6-1, 6-3
SF Tim Riskie (WC)
def.
 Carl Lederman (H)
6-3, 6-7(2), 6-1
Doubles
Team (School)
Team (School)
Score
1st Rd Nick Komljenovic/
Ronen Kashvin (WC)
def.
 Josh Loar/
Adam Scott (MCD)
default
2nd Rd Ben Dernis/
Vivian Chhetri (WC)
def.
 Nick Kennedy/
Krishna Potarazu (JH)
8-5
2nd Rd Alex Chester/
Dan Lindenberg (F&M)
def.
 Komljenovic/Kashvin (WC)
8-6
QF Dernis/Chhetri (WC)
def.
 Carl Lederman/Matt Stein
8-6
SF Chris Magel/
Eric Schroeder (D)
def.
 Dernis/Chhetri (WC)
8-6

TimRiskie (left), head coach Constantine Ananiadis (center), and Maciek Prytula
pose with the first and second place medals.

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