April 1, 2002

Collegeville, PA - The Johns Hopkins men's tennis team improved to 2-1 overall and 2-0 in the Centennial Conference after a decisive 7-0 victory over Ursinus College Saturday afternoon.

Sophomore Justin Chan (Mountain Lakes, NJ/Mountain Lakes) and senior Ashish Lall (Buffalo, NY/Nichols) each dropped just one game in their singles matches to lead the Blue Jays. Chan, competing in the No. 3 singles, defeated Bob Gray 6-0, 6-1, while Lall dominated Chris Fox 6-1, 6-0 in the No. 4 singles.

Junior Kevin Alford (O'Fallon, IL/O'Fallon Township) and senior Sion Roy (Chandler, AZ/Brophy College Prep) each won their matches by identical 6-3, 6-0 scores in the No. 1 and No. 2 singles, respectively. Sophomore Grant Roch (Cedarburg, WI/Cedarburg) won 6-4, 6-2 in the No. 5 singles, while freshman Justin Belisario (Los Angeles, CA/Loyola) won 6-1, 6-0 in the No. 6 singles.

In the No. 1 doubles, Alford and Belisario needed a tiebreaker to defeat Steve Wilkes and Jeremy Landis, 9-8 (8-6). Roy and Chan won in the No. 2 doubles 8-3, while Lall and Erhan Bedestani (Hamilton, NJ/Lawrenceville Prep) won 8-4 in the No. 3 doubles.

The Blue Jays return to action Monday when they travel to Chestertown, MD, to face Washington College.

AGATEJohns Hopkins def. Ursinus, 7-0
No. 1 Singles: Kevin Alford (JHU) def. Steve Wilkes (UC) 6-3, 6-0No. 2 Singles: Sion Roy (JHU) def. Jeremy Landis (UC) 6-3, 6-0No. 3 Singles: Justin Chan (JHU) def. Bob Gray (UC) 6-0, 6-1No. 4 Singles: Ashish Lall (JHU) def. Chris Fox (UC) 6-1, 6-0No. 5 Singles: Grant Roch (JHU) def. Trevor Mohr (UC) 6-4, 6-2No. 6 Singles: Justin Belisario (JHU) def. Marcus Ressler (UC) 6-1, 6-0
No. 1 Doubles: Alford/Belisario (JHU) def. Wilkes/Landis (UC) 9-8 (8-6)No. 2 Doubles: Roy/Chan (JHU) def. Gray/Fox (UC) 8-3No. 3 Doubles: Erhan Bedestani/Lall (JHU) def. Ressler/Nelson (UC) 8-4