10/19/2004
NEWPORT NEWS, VA. -- Freshmen men's tennis student-athletes Scott Maucher (Mt. Pleasant, S.C./Bishop England) and Andy Clayton (Salt Lake City, Utah/Rowland Hall-St. Mark's) won the doubles championship at the Hampton Roads Collegiate Invitational. Maucher and Clayton won four matches defeating teams from George Mason, Hofstra, Richmond and UMBC to take the title. They lost a total of only 14 games in the course of the four match-winning streak.
The men's team faced stiff competition at the Invitational as ranked teams from Virginia Commonwealth, Old Dominion and William and Mary sent players to the tournament. Also represented were Richmond, American, George Washington, UMBC, the Naval Academy and James Madison, teams that defeated Georgetown in 2003-04 dual match play. The Hoyas were very strong in the doubles competitions, posting a 6-2 record while in singles they were a solid 11-10 overall.
The outstanding singles performance of the weekend was turned in by junior Alex Wright (Lexington, Mass./University of St. Andrew's (Scotland)), who reached the semifinals of the Flight D Singles draw. Wright won three matches, including a second round defeat of teammate Faris AbiNader (Bethesda, Md./The Field School (D.C.)) to push himself into the semifinal.
Kevin Killeavy (Indian Harbor Beach, Fla./Melbourne Central Catholic) was the only other Hoya besides Wright to win three singles matches in the tournament. Killeavy was sidetracked in the first round of the main draw, but posted three victories in the consolation draw, all three wins coming on Sunday in back-to-back-to-back matches.
Erik Bildman (Brookline, Mass./Roxbury Latin), Etienne Paris (Miami, Fla./Ransom Everglade), Eric Conrad (Gloucester, Mass./St. John's Prep), AbiNader and Clayton also posted singles victories during the weekend.
The Hoyas have completed team competitions for the fall of 2004. The top Hoya singles players and doubles team will compete in the ITA Regional Singles and Doubles Championships at Virginia Tech beginning Friday, October 22.
Men's Tennis at Hampton Roads Collegiate Invitational
Huntington Park, Newport News, Va.
Oct. 15-17, 2004
Scott Maucher - Andy Clayton - Flight C Doubles Champions
1st Round - def Eric Vogel/Nick Schapiro(George Mason) 8-3
Quarterfinal - def Matt Schor/Rob Sforzo (Hofstra) 8-4
Semifinal - def Banker/Stillwagon (Richmond) 8-5
Final - def. Djan Gusmao/Mehrban Iranshad (UMBC) 8-2
Alex Wright - Flight D Singles
1st Round - def Patrick Murphey(C.Newport) 6-1,6-1
2nd Round - def Faris AbiNader (Georgetown) 7-6(4),6-2
Quarterfinal - def Sammy Carl (Delaware) 4-6,6-2,10-6
Semifinal - lost Don Davidson (James Madison) 6-5,7-6(6)
Kevin Killeavy - Flight C Singles
1st Round - lost Andrew Singer (American) 6-3,6-1
Consolation 1st Round - def Matt Stillwagon (Richmond) 8-1
Consolation 2nd Round - def Maurice Willacy (Howard) 8-5
Consolation 3rd Round - def Tobias Gunnel (Longwood) 8-4
Scott Faust/Kevin Killeavy - Flight A Doubles
1st Round - def Stephen Charter/Pavel Suchy(Norfolk State) 8-5
Quarterfinal - lost Bobby McAnally/Jeppy Moss (Richmond) 9-8(4)
Erik Bildman/Eric Conrad - Flight A Doubles
1st Round - lost Tobias Guennel/Rashko Patnikov(Longwood) 8-3
Erik Bildman - Flight A Singles
1st Round - def Tim Bainton (George Mason) 6-3,3-6,10-5
2nd Round - lost John Tully (Delaware) 6-1,6-4
Scott Faust - Flight A Singles
1st Round - lost to Juan Jaysingh (American) 6-3,6-0
Consolation - lost Jake Jopling (George Washington) 8-3
Etienne Paris - Flight B Singles
1st Round - lost Josh Ditman (Delaware) 7-6(6),0-6,10-5
Consolation - def Adrian Lai (Navy) 9-7
Andy Clayton - Flight C Singles
1st Round - def Worth Richardson (C.Newport)
2nd Round - lost Haley Dodson (Navy) 6-0,6-3
Eric Conrad - Flight C Singles
1st Round - def Jonathan Schwartz (Delaware) 6-3,6-3
2nd Round - lost Asfand Farouk (Washington) 6-2,2-6,12-10
Faris AbiNader - Flight D Singles
1st Round - lost to Alex Wright (Georgetown) 7-6(4),6-2
Consolation 1st Round- def Patrick Murphey (C.Newport) 8-2
Consolation 2nd Round - lost Matt Walton (Navy) 8-3
