March 26, 2007

Washington, D.C. - The Georgetown men's tennis team split a pair of matches over the weekend, dropping a 6-1 road decision at Old Dominion on Friday before defeating Rutgers, 6-1, in the BIG EAST Conference opener. The men improve to an overall record of 8-6 with a 1-0 mark in BIG EAST play.

Against Rutgers, the Hoyas got off to a strong start as the freshman tandem of Anthony Tan (Jakarta, Indonesia/Anglo-Chinese JC) and Will Lowell (Nahant, Mass./Saddlebrook Prep) clinched the doubles point with an 8-3 win at the second position.

Junior Ted Tywang (Nashville, Tenn./Montgomery Bell Academy) won his third-consecutive singles match and for the third match in a row allowed his opponent just one game in the match. A win at the fourth slot from junior Jeffrey Schnell (Short Hills, N.J./Millburn) gave the Hoyas a 3-0 edge and junior co-captain Etienne Paris (Miami, Fla./Ransom Everglades) clinched the match with a straight-set win at the third position.

The Blue and Gray went on to win two of the last three singles matches en route to the 6-1 victory.

Against Old Dominion, the Blue and Gray lost all three doubles matches to lose the doubles point. Tywang was the lone victor in singles action, taking a 6-3, 6-0 decision over ODU's Yakov Diskin at sixth singles.

Georgetown returns to the court this Wednesday, March 28 when they host Mount St. Mary's in non-league action at McDonough Tennis Complex. The match is slated for 2:30 p.m.

Old Dominion 6, Georgetown 1
March 23 - Newport News, Va.

Doubles:
1. Harel Srugo/Henrique Cancado (Old Dominion) def. Etienne Paris/Kevin Walsh (Georgetown) 8-3
2. Aleksandr Seleznev/Eidy Igarashi (Old Dominion) def. Anthony Tan/Will Lowell (Georgetown) 8-3
3. Rodrigo Souza/Yakov Diskin (Old Dominion) def. Ted Tywang/Jeffrey Schnell (Georgetown) 8-4

Singles:
1. Harel Srugo (Old Dominion) def. Will Lowell (Georgetown) 6-2, 6-2
2. Henrique Cancado (Old Dominion) def. Anthony Tan (Georgetown) 6-2, 6-0
3. Aleksandr Seleznev (Old Dominion) def. Etienne Paris (Georgetown) 6-2, 6-4
4. Eidy Igarashi (Old Dominion) def. Jeffrey Schnell (Georgetown) 1-6, 6-3, 10-8
5. Rodrigo Souza (Old Dominion) def. Adam Gross (Georgetown) 7-5, 6-2 *
6. Ted Tywang (Georgetown) def. Yakov Diskin (Old Dominion) 6-3, 6-0

* indicates deciding match

Georgetown 6, Rutgers 1
March 25 - McDonough Tennis Complex

Doubles:
1. Arjun Vaidya/Matthew Fawcett (Rutgers) def. Adam Gross/Kevin Walsh (Georgetown) 8-3
2. Anthony Tan/Will Lowell (Georgetown) def. Andrew Tervooren/Dale Madan (Rutgers) 8-3
3. Ted Tywang/Jeffrey Schnell (Georgetown) def. Lawrence Zakvrevskey/Ilya Kazakin-Kuteyev (Rutgers) 8-5

Singles:
1. Arjun Vaidya (Rutgers) def. Will Lowell (Georgetown) 6-3, 6-7(3), 15-13
2. Anthony Tan (Georgetown) def. Matthew Fawcett (Rutgers) 6-0, 6-4
3. Etienne Paris (Georgetown) def. Andrew Tervooren (Rutgers) 6-2, 6-1 *
4. Jeffrey Schnell (Georgetown) def. Lawrence Zakrevskey (Rutgers) 6-1, 6-1
5. Adam Gross (Georgetown) def. Rohan Patkar (Rutgers) 6-3, 6-1
6. Ted Tywang (Georgetown) def. Ilya Kazakin-Kuteyev (Rutgers) 6-0, 6-1

* indicates deciding match