March 28, 2004
No. 8 W&L Survives No. 18 WC, 4-3
Shoremen Capture Doubles Point, Win Twice in Singles

CHESTERTOWN, MD -- Eighth-ranked Washington and Lee won four of the six singles matches to defeat 18th-ranked host Washington College in a four and one-half hour men's tennis match today at Schottland Tennis Center. The Generals improved to 12-5 on the season with the win, while the Shoremen suffered their first loss of the year and dropped to 8-1.

The Shoremen captured the doubles point in dramatic fashion. The second doubles flight decided the point. W&L's Paul McClure and David Shay led 6-5, before Washington freshmen Vivian Chhetri (Delhi, India/Prachar Vidhlaya) and Arturo Solis (Guatemala, Guatemala/Vallo Verde School) mounted a rally. Chhetri and Solis picked up the next two games to take a 7-6 lead, but trailed 40-love in the final game. The WC duo battled back to win the next five points and win the match, 8-6.

Prior to the thrilling finish at No. 2, Washington senior Pete Taylor (Canton, CT/Canton) and junior Asfand Farouk (Karachi, Pakistan/City School) won at No. 1, 8-3, while W&L's tandem of Chris Kimmel and K.C. Schaefer won at No. 3, 8-6.

Washington and Lee took a 2-1 lead in the match by winning the first two singles flights to finish. Austin Kim defeated WC sophomore Tim Riskie (Woodbury, NJ/Woodbury) at No. 6, 6-0, 6-2, while Shay defeated Chhetri at No. 2, 6-2, 6-3. The Shoremen tied the score at 2-2 when Solis completed his 6-2, 6-4, win over Graham Nix at No. 3.

The final three singles matches to finish each went three sets. Schaefer outlasted Washington sophomore Maciek Prytula (Szczecin, Poland/PLO), 6-3, 2-6, 6-1, at No. 5 to give the Generals a 3-2 lead.

W&L clinched the match when Jon Malooly completed a 5-7, 6-4, 7-5 win over Farouk at No. 4. Farouk held a 5-2 lead in the third set while battling cramps. The cramps worsened with Farouk leading, 5-4, and he struggled to finish the final three games.

Taylor accounted for the Shoremen's third point by rallying to defeat McClure, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, at No. 1.

"We were a few points away from beating a very good team," commented Washington College head coach Constantine Ananiadis. "We're looking forward to playing them again in May in the NCAA Tournament. We played hard today and I think we learned a lot in this match."

The Shoremen are back in action Wednesday with a 2:30 p.m. match at Division I Richmond.

Match Results

Singles
Player (School)
Player (School)
Score
No. 1 Pete Taylor (WC)
def.
 Paul McClure (W&L)
3-6, 6-3, 6-4
No. 2 David Shay (W&L)
def.
 Vivian Chhetri (WC)
6-2, 6-3
No. 3 Arturo Solis (WC)
def.
 Graham Nix (W&L)
6-2, 6-4
No. 4 Jon Malooly (W&L)
def.
 Asfand Farouk (WC)
5-7, 6-4, 7-5
No. 5 K.C. Schaefer (W&L)
def.
 Maciek Prytula (WC)
6-3, 2-6, 6-1
No. 6 Austin Kim (W&L)
def.
 Tim Riskie (WC)
6-0, 6-2
Doubles
Team (School)
Team (School)
Score
No. 1 Taylor/Farouk (WC)
def.
 Kim/Nix (W&L)
8-3
No. 2 Chhetri/Solis (WC)
def.
 Shay/McClure (W&L)
8-6
No. 3 Chris Kimmel/
K.C. Schaefer (W&L)
def.
 Riskie/Prytula (WC)
8-6

 

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