Feb. 10, 2008

Chicgao, Ill. - The Georgetown Men's tennis team was unable to overcome BIG EAST rival DePaul, as the Blue Demons defeated the Hoyas, 6-1 on Saturday at the Lakeshore Athletic Club.

Senior Ted Tywang (Nashville, Tenn./Montgomery Bell Academy) picked up the Hoyas lone victory, defeating DePaul's Tim Cadet, 6-2, 4-6, 7-5 in the No. 6 singles match.

GU fought in the second and third doubles matches, as junior Kevin Walsh (Bernardsville, N.J./Delbarton) and Will Lowell (Nahant, Mass./Saddlebrook Prep) fell to Bartosz Jozwiak and Vanja Grgec, 8-5. The Blue Demon's Jose Moncada and Ben Hartman just squeaked past Tywang and senior Jeffrey Schnell (Short Hills, N.J./Millburn), 9-7 to capture the team doubles point.

Aside from Tywang, the Hoyas were unable to take a set from DePaul, though sophomore David Tillem (Atlanta, Ga./The Weber School) and junior Adam Gross (Quogue, N.Y./Westhampton) pushed the second sets of their respective match to a tiebreak, each losing, 7-5.

Doubles
No. 1 - Williams/Graetz (DePaul) def. Tan/Gross (GU) 8-1
No. 2 - Jozwiak/Grgec (DePaul) def. Walsh/Lowell (GU) 8-5
No. 3 - Moncada/Hartman (DePaul) def. Tywang/Schnell (GU) 9-7

Singles
No. 1 - Jose Moncada (DePaul) def. Anthony Tan (GU) 6-1, 6-3
No. 2 - Alasdair Graetz (DePaul) def. Jeffery Schnell (GU) 6-4, 6-2
No. 3 - Vanja Grgec (DePaul) def. Will Lowell (GU) 6-4, 6-2
No. 4 - Bartosz Jozwiak (DePaul) def. David Tillem (GU) 6-2, 7-5
No. 5 - Ben Hartman (DePaul) def. Adam Gross (GU) 6-1, 7-5
No. 6 - Ted Tywang (GU) def. Tim Cadet (DePaul) 6-2, 4-6, 7-5