April 16, 2003

Baltimore, MD - The Johns Hopkins men's tennis team improved to 6-4 overall and 5-2 in the Centennial Conference with a 6-1 win over McDaniel Tuesday afternoon. The Green Terror fall to 1-5 overall and 1-4 in league play.

Senior Kevin Alford (O'Fallon, IL/O'Fallon Township) shut out Scott Mahoney 6-0, 6-0 at No. 1 singles, while sophomore Justin Belisario (Los Angeles, CA/Loyola) blanked Craig Johnson 6-0, 6-0 at No. 3. Krisna Potarazu defeated Mat Wolfe 6-3, 6-0 at No. 4, while junior Grant Roch (Cedarburg, WI/Cedarburg) and freshman Michael Kelly-Sell (Ann Arbor, MI/Ann Arbor Pioneer) won by default at No. 5 and No. 6, respectively.

Aaron Taylor picked up the only singles win for McDaniel by defeating junior Justin Chan (Mountain Lakes, NJ/Mountain Lakes) 6-2, 7-6 (5) at No. 2.

Alford and Belisario topped Mahoney and Taylor 8-1 at No. 1 doubles, while Chan and Potarazu defeated Johnson and Wolfe 8-2 at No. 2. Kelly-Sell and Roch won at No. 3 by default.

The Blue Jays travel to Salisbury Thursday for a 3:30 match with the Sea Gulls in their final road contest of the season.

Johns Hopkins def. McDaniel, 6-1
No. 1 Singles: Kevin Alford (JHU) def. Scott Mahoney (MC) 6-0, 6-0No. 2 Singles: Aaron Taylor (MC) def. Justin Chan (JHU) 6-2, 7-6 (5)No. 3 Singles: Justin Belisario (JHU) def. Craig Johnson (MC) 6-0, 6-0No. 4 Singles: Krisna Potarazu (JHU) def. Mat Wolfe (MC) 6-3, 6-0No. 5 Singles: Grant Roch (JHU) won by defaultNo. 6 Singles: Michael Kelly-Sell (JHU) won by default
No. 1 Doubles: Alford/Belisario (JHU) def. Mahoney/Taylor (MC) 8-1No. 2 Doubles: Chan/Potarazu (JHU) def. Johnson/Wolfe (MC) 8-2No. 3 Doubles: Kelly-Sell/Roch (JHU) won by default