April 2, 2005
Shoremen Split Two Matches
WAC Beats Gettysburg, Falls to UMW

CHESTERTOWN, MD -- The 18th-ranked Washington College men's tennis team split a pair of matches at the Lifetime Fitness Center today, defeating Centennial Conference foe Gettysburg College, 6-1, and falling to eighth-ranked Mary Washington, 4-2.

Against Gettysburg, Washington won at the top two spots in singles as sophomore Arturo Solis (Guatemala, Guatemala/Valle Verde School) and junior Tim Riskie (Woodbury, NJ/Woodbury) won 8-1 at No. 1 and juniors Mike Edison (Darnestown, MD/Good Counsel) and Maciek Prytula (Szczecin, Poland/PLO) won 8-1 at No. 2.

In singles against the Bullets, Solis was a 6-1, 6-0 winner at No. 1, Riskie posted a 6-1, 6-1 victory at No. 2, and Edison won, 6-1, 6-2, at No. 3. Prytula posted a 6-1, 6--0 win at No. 4, while junior Ronen Kashvin (Rishon Le Tzion, Israel/Hashmonaim Bat-Yam) was an 8-5 winner at No. 5.

Solis and Edison accounted for Washington's points against Mary Washington. Solis, ranked 13th in the Atlantic South in singles, won the last eight games of a 7-5, 6-0 win over Paul Bristow. Bristow is ranked second in the region and seventh in Division III in singles. Edison posted a 7-5, 6-4, win over Matt Rogers, the region's 28th-ranked singles player, at No. 3. Doubles were not played in the Mary Washington match due to time constraints.

The Shoremen (4-7, 3-1 Centennial) return to action one week from today with a non-conference match at Goucher.

Washington v. Gettysburg Match Results
Singles
No. 1 - Arturo Solis (WAC) d. Hans Hardisty (GC) 6-1, 6-0
No. 2 - Tim Riskie (WAC) d. Jake Wright (GC) 6-1, 6-1
No. 3 - Mike Edison (WAC) d. Derin Wilson (GC) 6-1, 6-2
No. 4 - Maciek Prytula (WAC) d. Rob Szymanski (GC) 6-1, 6-0
No. 5 - Ronen Kashvin (WAC) d. Kyle Rhood (GC) 8-5
No. 6 - Matt Salter (GC) d. Albert Park (WAC) 8-1
Doubles
No. 1 - Solis/Riskie (WAC) d. Hardisty/Wilson (GC) 8-1
No. 2 - Edison/Prytula (WAC) d. Eright/Foster Post (GC) 8-1
No. 3 - Thane Schweyer/Cory Chamberlain (GC) d. Kashvin/Park (WAC) 8-6

Washington v. Mary Washington Match Results
Singles
No. 1 - Arturo Solis (WAC) d. Paul Bristow (UMW) 7-5, 6-0
No. 2 - Jon Clair (UMW) d. Tim Riskie (WAC) 6-4, 2-6, 6-1
No. 3 - Mike Edison (WAC) d. Matt Rogers (UMW) 7-5, 6-4
No. 4 - Michael Durkin (UMW) d. Maciek Prytula (WAC) 3-6, 6-4, 6-0
No. 5 - Nate Hathaway (UMW) d. Ronen Kashvin (WAC) 6-0, 6-3
No. 6 - Jon Pollak (UMW) d. Albert Park (WAC) 6-1, 6-0
Doubles
Not Played