March 27, 2004
No. 18 Shoremen Blank Bullets
Washington Now 85-0 in Centennial

GETTYSBURG, PA -- The 18th-ranked Washington College men's tennis team had little trouble winning its 117th straight conference match this afternoon, cruising to a 7-0 Centennial Conference win over host Gettysburg College. The Shoremen, now 8-0 overall and 5-0 in conference play this season, improved to 85-0 all-time in the Centennial Conference with the win.

Senior Pete Taylor (Canton, CT/Canton) and junior Asfand Farouk (Karachi, Pakistan/City School) led off doubles play with an 8-2 win at No. 1. Sophomore Maciek Prytula (Szczecin, Poland/PLO) and freshman Arturo Solis (Guatemala, Guatemala/Vallo Verde School) won every game en route to an 8-0 win at No. 2, while seniors Ben Dernis (Paris, France/New Hampton, NH) and Brant Whisler (Willow Grove, PA/Upper Moreland) won the only close match of the contest at No. 3 doubles by a 9-7 final.

The Shoremen dropped a total of two games in the top half of singles play. Taylor won 6-1, 6-0 at No. 1, while Solis posted a 6-0, 6-1 win at No. 2 and Farouk was a 6-0, 6-0 winner at No. 3. Prytula recorded a 6-2, 6-0 win at No. 4 singles, while sophomore Ronen Kashvin (Rishon Le Tzion, Israel/Hashmonaim Bat-Yam) won, 6-3, 6-2, at No. 5. Whisler rounded things out with a 6-2, 6-1 win at No. 6.

The Shoremen return to action tomorrow with a 10:30 a.m. home match against eighth-ranked Washington and Lee.

Match Results

Singles
Player (School)
Player (School)
Score
No. 1 Pete Taylor (WC)
def.
 Hans Hardisty (G)
6-1, 6-0
No. 2 Arturo Solis (WC)
def.
 Foster Post (G)
6-0, 6-1
No. 3 Asfand Farouk (WC)
def.
 Andrew Smith (G)
6-0, 6-0
No. 4 Maciek Prytula (WC)
def.
 Robert Szymanski (G)
6-2, 6-0
No. 5 Ronen Kashvin (WC)
def.
 Cory Chamberlain (G)
6-3, 6-2
No. 6 Brant Whisler (WC)
def.
 Chris Lohmann (G)
6-2, 6-1
Doubles
Team (School)
Team (School)
Score
No. 1 Taylor/Farouk (WC)
def.
 Hardisty/Smith (G)
8-2
No. 2 Prytula/Solis (WC)
def.
 Post/Lohmann (G)
8-0
No. 3 Whisler/Dernis (WC)
def.
 Szymanski/Chamberlin (G)
9-7

 

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