April 3, 2006
Washington, D.C. - The Georgetown men's tennis team lost a pair of matches last weekend. On Saturday, April 1 the Hoyas faced the Spiders of Richmond and lost a close match, 4-3. On Sunday, April 2 GU lost to Longwood University, 5-2, dropping to 4-9 this season.
Freshman Kenneth Wong (Repulse Bay, Hong Kong/St. Paul's [N.H.]) won three matches this weekend as he was undefeated in doubles with sophomore Andrew Clayton (Salt Lake City, Utah/Rowland Hall - St. Mark's) defeating Richmond, 9-7, and Longwood, 8-0, in the third doubles flight. Wong notched a win at the sixth singles position with a 6-4, 6-0 decision over Longwood.
Against Richmond the Hoyas took the doubles point when Wong and Clayton won the third flight and senior Eric Conrad (Gloucester, Mass./St. John's Prep) and freshman Kevin Walsh (Bernardsville, N.J./Delbarton) edged Richmond at the first doubles flight, 9-8(4).
With the 1-0 lead, sophomore Etienne Paris (Miami, Fla./Ransom Everglades) won convcingly at the first singles position, 6-3, 6-0. A win from junior Bert Baggio (Coopersburg, Pa./Southern Lehigh) at the fifth singles position would put the Hoyas one point away from victory. Richmond took a three-set battle at the fourth singles position to stifle the chance of a Hoya victory.
On Sunday against Longwood, sophomore Theodore Tywang (Nashville, Tenn./Montgomery Bell Academy) notched a decisive win at the third singles position, 6-3, 6-0. Tywang's win paired with Wong's win at six, were the only points in Longwood's 5-2 win over Georgetown.
The Hoyas return to the court on Tuesday, April 4 when they host the Howard Bison at the McDonough Tennis Complex at 3 p.m.
Richmond 4, Georgetown 3
Singles:
1. Etienne Paris def. Doug Banker (UR), 6-3, 6-0
2. Bobby McNally (UR) def. Eric Conrad, 7-5, 6-3
3. Sami Balaklef (UR) def. Theodore Tywang, 6-4, 6-3
4. Chris Louis (UR) def. Kevin Killeavy, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6
5. Bert Baggio def. Brett Waikart (UR), 6-3, 6-3
6. Michael Sommer (UR) def. Kenneth Wong, 6-4, 2-6, 6-2
Doubles:
1. Kevin Walsh/Conrad def. McNally/Balaklef (UR), 9-8(4)
2. Banker/Waikart (UR) def. Paris/Tywang, 8-5
3. Andrew Clayton/Wong def. Louis/Sommer (UR), 9-7
Longwood 5, Georgetown 2
Singles:
1. Carlos Garcia de Andoain (LU) def. Paris, 6-1, 5-7, 7-5
2. Rashko Patnikov (LU) def. Conrad, 6-2, 6-2
3. Tywang def. Brandon Lindsley (LU), 6-3, 6-0
4. Jon Bair (LU) def. Killeavy, 6-3, 6-4
5. Mani Barajas-Alexander (LU) def. Baggio, 6-1, 7-6(4)
6. Wong def. Roger Torres (LU), 6-4, 6-0
Doubles:
1. Garcia de Andoain/Lindsley (LU) def. Conrad/Walsh, 9-8(9)
2. Bair/Patrikov (LU) def. Paris/Tywang, 8-5
3. Wong/Clayton def. Ian Young/Barajas-Alexander (LU), 8-0
