March 31, 2010

WASHINGTON - The Georgetown University men's tennis team started Wednesday strong, handily defeating the Morgan State University Bears 7-0 at the McDonough Outdoor Tennis Complex. Unfortunately, the day did not end as well as the Hoyas lost a heartbreaker to the Stony Brook University Seawolves, 5-2, dropping a number of close matches. GU now sits at 6-10 on the season with another home match on the schedule next week.

In the win over Morgan State, all three doubles teams won 8-3 to sweep the Bears and pick up the point. In singles play, at No. 3 Will Lowell (Nahant, Mass./Saddlebrook Prep) defeated Dmitry Chekhlatyy 6-1, 6-1. No. 4 Charlie Caris (Des Moines, Iowa/Theodore Roosevelt) also won 6-1, 6-1 as the Blue & Gray sailed to victory.

Stony Brook, however, was a different story. GU dropped its first two matches in doubles play, but the tandem of Caris and David Tillem (Atlanta, Ga./The Weber School) rallied to win 8-7 (5) in a tiebreaker. Tillem went on to win at No. 2 singles by a score of 6-4, 6-2.

Lowell played at No. 3 singles and won the first set 7-5 before falling in the second 7-5. In the third he wasn't able to come away with the victory narrowly losing 6-4 which cost Georgetown an important point. No. 6 Tim Walsh (Bernardsville, N.J./Delbarton) had a similar experience losing the first match 6-0 but getting a big win in the second 6-4 to force a third set. He battled, but eventually fell 7-5.

The Hoyas will have the weekend off before hosting Howard next Tuesday at 2 p.m.

Georgetown 7, Morgan State 0
Doubles
1. Charles/Ward (MSU) def. Bruhn/Walsh (GU) 8-3
2. Tan/Lowell (GU) def. Benjamin/Chekhlatyy (MSU) 8-3
3. Tillem/Caris (GU) def. Thomas/Lee (MSU) 8-3
Singles
1. Tan (GU) def. Charles (MSU) 6-0, 6-4
2. Tillem (GU) def. Ward (MSU) 6-2, 6-2
3. Lowell (GU) def. Chekhlatyy (MSU) 6-1, 6-1
4. Caris (GU) def. Benjamin (MSU) 6-1, 6-1
5. Walsh (GU) def. Thomas (MSU) 6-2, 6-2
6. Notario (GU) def. Lee (MSU) 6-4, 6-2

Stony Brook 5, Georgetown 2
Doubles
1. Tiwali/Kailaheimo (SBU) def. Miller/Lowell (GU) 8-5
2. Wong/Schvartz (SBU) def. Tan/Bruhn (GU) 8-3
3. Tillem/Caris (GU) def. Rummel/Sztabholz (SBU) 8-7 (5)
Singles
1. Rummel (SBU) def. Tan (GU) 6-4, 7-5
2. Tillem (GU) def. Kailaheimo (SBU) 6-4, 6-2
3. Wong (SBU) def. Lowell (GU) 5-7, 7-5, 6-4
4. Bruhn (GU) def. Tiwali (SBU) 6-1, 6-3
5. Schvartz (SBU) def. Caris (GU) 7-5, 6-2
6. Sztabholz (SBU) def. Walsh (GU) 6-0, 4-6, 7-5