Ken Jordan’s (Cincinnati, Ohio/St. Xavier) deciding point gave the Georgetown men’s tennis team a victory over Maryland on Sunday, February 18. After a linesman overruled the match point in favor of Jordan, Georgetown won by a final team score of 4-3. The final tally of the #6 singles match saw Jordan edge Dan Kenshalo by a score of 6-4, 7-5.

At the #5 singles spot, Mike Nelson (Trinidad & Tobago/Port-of-Spain) netted his first victory as a Georgetown Hoya with a win over Larry Chou, 6-4, 6-2. The Hoyas added two other wins in the singles competition to earn the dual match victory. At #2 singles, Marc Lohser (Woodbury, N.Y./Syosset) defeated Jon Neeter, 6-3, 1-6, 6-3, while Dennis Cravedi (Bethesda, Md./Georgetown Prep) beat Luan Nguyen by a score of 7-5, 7-5. The Hoya men only saw two losses in singles competition. At #1 singles, Nick Sklavounos (Waterford, Conn./Waterford) fell to Chris Chui, 6-4, 6-1, while Andre Benjamin (New York, N.Y./Fieldston) lost to Jon Murchison, 6-1, 6-4.

In doubles competition, the duo of Lohser and Cravedi handled Neeter and Kenshalo at the #2 spot, winning easily by a score of 8-2. However, the doubles point went to the Terrapins after their victories at #1 and #3. Sklavanous and Nelson lost 8-3 at #1 while Benjamin and Christopher Belelieu (Orlando, Fla./Dr. Phillips) were defeated 8-5 at #3.

The Hoyas stand at 4-6 on the 2000-01 season and their next match comes at 12 noon on Sunday, February 25, when they will face Howard at home.

Georgetown vs Maryland
Sunday February 18, 2001
Doubles
#1- Murchison/Nguyen(UMd) d Sklavounos/Nelson 8-3
#2- Lohser/Cravedi d Neeter/Kenshalo(UMd) 8-2
#3- Chiu/Greg Chambers(UMd) d Benjamin/Belelieu 8-5
Team Score after doubles - Georgetown-0, Maryland-1
Singles
#1- Chris Chiu(UMd) d Nick Sklavounos 6-4,6-1
#2- Marc Lohser d Jon Neeter(UMd) 6-3,1-6,6-3
#3- Dennis Cravedi d Luan Nguyen(UMd) 7-5,7-5
#4- Jon Murchison(UMd) d Andre Benjamin 6-1,6-4
#5- Mike Nelson d Larry Chou(UMd) 6-4,6-2
#6- Ken Jordan d Dan Kenshalo(UMd) 6-4,7-5
Singles Score - GU-4, UMd-2
Final Score - Georgetown-4, Maryland-3