Georgetown University's men’s tennis team traveled to American University on March 28. The Hoyas were unable to pull out a team victory and fell 7-0. Georgetown's overall record for the 2000-01 season now stands at 7-10.

At # 1 doubles, sophomore Marc Lohser (Woodbury, N.Y./Syosset) and freshman Dennis Cravedi (Bethesda, Md./Georgetown Prep) never found their rhythm and lost to AU's Hamori and Moon 8-2. Junior Nick Sklavounos (Waterford, Conn./Waterford) and freshman Michael Nelson (Trinidad & Tobago/Port-of-Spain) played #2 doubles for GU. The duo fell behind early against AU's Jaysingh and Taralle and was closed out 8-5. GU's team of junior Andre Benjamin (New York, N.Y./Fieldston) and Troy Crichlow (Milton, Mass./Milton) won the only match of the day for the Hoyas, 8-4, against the Eagles' Fliegelman and Procacci at #3 doubles.

In singles action GU played tough aggressive tennis in all six matches but was unable to come out on top in any of them. At #1 GU's Sklavounos lost to Hamori, 6-3, 6-4. Georgetown's Lohser took the court at #2 and fell to AU's Moon, 7-5, 6-3. The Hoyas' Crichlow played a tight match at #3 before he succumbed to Jaysingh, 6-4, 7-6. Cravedi played #4 for the Hoyas and had a difficult time getting started and recovered in the second set but still lost to Taralle, 6-0, 7-5. In the #5 slot GU's Benjamin could not break through on the big points and lost to Procacci, 7-6, 6-4. At #6 Georgetown's Nelson fell 6-2, 6-1 to AU's Garg.

This weekend Georgetown heads to Piscataway, N.J. for two matches against BIG EAST opponents. On Saturday Georgetown will play Providence and then Sunday the Hoyas face off with Rutgers.

Georgetown vs American

Wednesday March 28, 2001

Doubles

1. Hamori/Moon (AU) def. Lohser/Cravedi (GU) 8-2

 2. Jaysingh/Taralle (AU) def. Sklavounos/Nelson (GU) 8-5

 3. Benjamin/Crichlow (GU) d. Jonah Fliegelman/Procacci (AU) 8-4

 Team Score after doubles: American 1, Georgetown 0

Singles:

 1. Bence Hamori (AU) def. Nick Sklavounos (GU) 6-3, 6-4

 2. Jason Moon (AU) def. Marc Lohser (GU) 7-5, 6-3

 3. Juan Jaysingh (AU) def. Troy Crichlow (GU) 6-4, 7-6

 4. Guillaume Taralle (AU) def. Dennis Cravedi (GU) 6-0, 7-5

 5. Josh Procacci (AU) def. Andre Benjamin (GU) 7-6, 6-4

 6. Tushar Garg (AU) def. Mike Nelson (GU) 6-2, 6-1

 Team Score from the singles competition: American 6, Georgetown 0

Final Score: American 7, Georgetown 0