Oct. 11, 2009
Washington, D.C. - The Georgetown University men's tennis team had a very successful three days at the Navy Gold Invitational in Annapolis, Maryland this past weekend. Rafael Notario won a Singles Flight Championship and the duos of Charlie Caris / David Tillem and Tim Walsh / Will Lowell won Doubles Flight Championships.
George Washington
GU won three out of the four doubles matches with three wins (Bryan Miller/Andrew Bruhn, Anthony Tan/Michael Clarke and Caris/Tillem). In singles play, Miller won his first set at the No. 3 singles flight, 6-2, only to lose the second set, 3-6. However, the junior continued to fight and won the match with a 6-1 score in the third and final set. Caris won his match, 6-4, 7-6(3) and Lowell also triumphed 6-2, 6-2.
Singles
#1 Anthony Tan lost Chris Kushma 5-7, 6-3, 7-6(7)
#2 Michael Clarke lost Ugur Atalay 6-4, 7-5
#3 Bryan Miller def. Arya Vayghan 6-2, 3-6, 6-2
#4 David Tillem lost Yan Levinski 6-3, 1-6, 6-2
#5 Andrew Bruhn lost Richard Blumenfeld 6-3, 6-4
#6 Charlie Caris def. Ken Mkrtchian 6-4, 7-6(2)
#7 DNP
#8 Will Lowell def. Garrett Lockhart 6-2, 6-2
Doubles
#1 Miller/Bruhn def. Atalay/Kushma 9-7
#2 Tan/Clarke def. Levinski/Blumenfeld 8-6
#3 Caris/Tillem def. Notario/Vayghan 8-2
#4 Lowell/Walsh lost Lockhart/Mkrtchian def. 8-5
Maryland
Georgetown again took three doubles matches, this time from the Terrapins as the duos of Miller/Bruhn, Caris/Tillem and Walsh/Lowell all earned victories for the Blue & Gray. In singles play, Notario cruised to an easy victory while Tillem and Caris both fought back from losing the second sets of their matches to register victories. Tillem defeated Graham Knowlton 6-3, 4-6, 6-1 and Caris topped Ian Mansfield 6-2, 4-6, 6-3.
Doubles
1 - Bruhn / Miller (G) def. Collins / Sarrazin, 8-5
2 - Lissner / Wyss (MD) def. Clarke / Tan, 8-5
3 - Caris / Tillem (G) def. Knowlton / Mansfield, 8-6
4 - Walsh / Lowell (G) def. Eisenberg / Mineur, 8-3
Singles
1 - John Collins (MD) def, Anthony Tan, 6-0, 6-4
2 - Sergio Wyss (MD) def. Michael Clarke, 6-1, 6-4
3 - Ryan Lissner (MD) def. Bryan Miller, 6-1, 6-1
4 - David Tillem (G) def. Graham Knowlton, 6-3, 4-6, 6-1
5 - Mathias Sarrazin (MD) def. Andrew Bruhn, 6-1, 6-2
6 - Charlie Caris (G) def. Ian Mansfield, 6-2, 4-6, 6-3
7 - Rafael Notario (G) def. Mike Eisenberg, 6-3, 6-2
Navy
For the third time in as many days, the Hoyas won three of their four doubles matches. Tan/Clarke won 8-3, Caris/Tillem earned a tough 9-7 victory and Walsh/Lowell rolled 8-1. In singles action, four Hoyas picked up wins. Caris won a fairly easy match 6-3, 6-2 while Clarke had it a little tougher but still managed a 7-6(6), 6-4 win. Tillem won the first set 6-2 against Navy's Zach Nicholson but dropped the second set 3-6. The senior dug deep however and won the match with a 6-4 victory in the final set. To cap the day Miller dropped his first set 2-6 but rallied back to win the match with wins in the next two sets 6-1 and 6-3.
Doubles
1 - Bullard / Konrad (N) def. Bruhn / Miller, 8-3
2 - Clarke / Tan (G) def. Birger / Nicholson, 8-3
3 - Caris / Tillem (G) def. New / Walls, 9-7
4 - Lowell / Walsh (G) def. Rebersak / Richmond, 8-1
Singles
1 - Owen Bullard (N) def. Anthony Tan, 6-4, 7-6 (4)
2 - Michael Clarke (G) def. Marcus Rebersak, 7-6 (6), 6-4
3 - Bryan Miller (G) def. Anderson Walls, 2-6, 6-1, 6-3
4 - David Tillem (G) def. Jeremy New, 6-2, 0-6, 6-4
5 - Zach Nicholson (N) def. Andrew Bruhn, 6-4, 3-6, 6-1
6 - Charlie Caris (G) def. Eddie Konrad, 6-3, 6-2
7 - Rafael Notario (G) def. Matt Richmond, 6-2, 6-4
8 - Nick Birger (N) def. Will Lowell, 6-3, 1-1, ret.
