March 27, 2006

Washington, D.C. - The Georgetown men's tennis team lost to BIG EAST foe Rutgers, 5-2, on Saturday, March 25 and lost a home bout against Duquesne, 4-3, on Sunday, March 26 to drop a pair of weekend matches. The Hoyas are now 3-7 on the year and 2-2 in league play.

Against Rutgers, junior Bert Baggio (Coopersburg, Pa./Southern Lehigh) won the lone singles match with a score of 6-3, 6-2 in the sixth singles flight.

Junior Kevin Killeavy (Indian Harbor Beach, Fla./Melbourne Central Catholic) and freshman Kevin Walsh (Bernardsville, N.J./Delbarton) won their singles matches against Duquesne with 6-1, 6-4 (fifth singles flight) and 6-2, 6-1 (sixth singles flight) decisions, respectively.

The sophomore duo of Etienne Paris (Miami, Fla./Ransom Everglades) and Theodore Tywang (Nashville, Tenn./Montgomery Bell Academy) proved to be unbeatable in the weekend matches as they outlasted the Rutgers team in the second doubles flight by a score of 9-8 (4) and defeated the Dukes, 8-4.

The pairing of sophomore Andrew Clayton (Salt Lake City, Utah/Rowland Hall - St. Mark's) and freshman Kenneth Wong (Repulse Bay, Hong Kong/St. Paul's [N.H.]) defeated the Rutgers team with a score of 8-6 in the third doubles flight and took an 8-5 decision over the Duquesne pair.

The Hoyas return to the court when they host Mount St. Mary's on Wednesday, March 29 at the McDonough Tennis Complex. The match is slated for 2:30 p.m.

Rutgers 5, Georgetown 2
Singles:
1. Tyler Deming (RU) def. Etienne Paris, 6-0, 6-1
2. Arjun Vaidya (RU) def. Theodore Tywang, 6-3, 6-0
3. Jonathan Wanono (RU) def. Eric Conrad, 7-5, 5-7, 6-3
4. Gordie Mulchutsky (RU) def. Kevin Killeavy, 6-3, 6-3
5. Matthew Fawcett (RU) def. Kenneth Wong, 6-4, 6-2
6. Bert Baggio def. Andrew Tervooren (RU), 6-3, 6-2

Doubles: 1. Deming/Wanono (RU) def. Kevin Walsh/Conrad, 8-2
2. Paris/Tywang def. Vaidya/Facett (RU), 9-8(4)
3. Andrew Clayton/Wong def. Milchutsky/Tervoora (RU), 8-6

Duquesne 4, Georgetown 3
Singles:
1. Devon Peightal (DU) def. Paris, 7-5, 2-1 (ret.)
2. Paul Clough (DU) def. Conrad, 6-4, 7-5
3. Michael Ortega (DU) def. Tywang, 6-4, 7-6
4. Killeavy def. Adam Townsend (DU), 6-1, 6-4
5. Walsh def. Rob Ojeda (DU), 6-2, 6-1
6. Blake Williams (DU) def. Wong, 2-6, 6-4, 6-2

Doubles:
1. Conrad/Walsh def. Peigtal/Townsend (DU), 8-5
2. Paris/Tywang def. Clough/Ortega (DU), 8-4
3. Wong/Clayton def. Michael Belmonte/Ojeda (DU), 8-5