April 23, 2006
Washington, D.C. - The Georgetown men's tennis team lost a 4-2 decision to seventh-seeded DePaul today in the playoff match for seventh/eighth at the BIG EAST Championship, held at the USF Varsity Tennis Courts in Tampa, Fla. The Hoyas finished eighth at the BIG EAST Championship and with a 6-14 overall record.
The Hoyas lost 2-of-3 doubles matches to give the Blue Demons a 1-0 advantage going into singles play.
Junior Bert Baggio (Coopersburg, Pa./Southern Lehigh) suffered a decisive loss at the fourth singles position as the Hoyas fell to a 2-0 deficit. Wins from junior Kevin Killeavy (Indian Harbor Beach, Fla./Melbourne Central Catholic) and sophomore Etienne Paris (Miami, Fla./Ransom Everglades) at fifth and first singles, respectively, would even the score at two apiece with three matches to play.
Sophomore Theodore Tywang (Nashville, Tenn./Montgomery Bell Academy) and senior Eric Conrad (Gloucester, Mass./St. John's Prep) would both lose a tight three-set match for the 4-2 DePaul victory.
DePaul 4, Georgetown 2
Doubles
1. Eric Huffman/Austin Doerner (DePaul) def. Eric Conrad/Kevin Walsh (Georgetown), 8-5
2. George Wang/Danny Wilson (DePaul) def. Etienne Paris/Theodore Tywang (Georgetown), 8-1
3. Andrew Clayton/Kenneth Wong (Georgetown) vs. Will Wang/Jack Komar (DePaul), 7-5 (DNF)
Singles
1. Paris (Georgetown) def. Huffman (DePaul), 6-1, 6-2
2. George Wang (DePaul) def. Conrad (Georgetown), 4-6, 6-2, 6-0 *
3. Komar (DePaul) def. Tywang (Georgetown), 6-2, 4-6, 6-4
4. Doerner (DePaul) def. Bert Baggio (Georgetown), 6-1, 6-0
5. Kevin Killeavy (Georgetown) def. Will Wang (DePaul), 6-3, 6-2
6. Wong (Georgetown) vs. Wilson (DePaul), 7-6(4), 6-5 (DNF)
* - deciding match
DNF - Did not finish
