April 21, 2006
CHESTERTOWN, MD -- Host Washington College, ranked 20th in Division III and third in the Atlantic South region, won the first three completed singles matches to clinch the victory in a 5-2 Centennial Conference men's tennis win over visiting Johns Hopkins, the eighth-ranked team in the region, Thursday afternoon.
The doubles point was decided in dramatic fashion. Washington senior Mike Edison and senior Maciek Prytula posted an 8-5 over Raffi Roberti and Nick Kennedy at No. 2. Washington junior Arturo Solis and senior Tim Riskie, the region's fourth ranked doubles team, held a 6-4 lead at No. 1 before JHU's Chanont Vasoontara and Hillen Smith, the region's eighth-ranked doubled team, rallied for a 9-7 win. The Shoremen still came away with the doubles point, however, as freshman Anantha Bhaskar and freshman Rafael Roldan won the final eight games at No. 3 after trailing, 7-1, to post a 9-7 win over Matt Naftilan and Kevin Ma.
Washington wrapped up the match early on in singles play. Bhaskar rolled past Roberti at No. 3, 6-2, 6-2, while Prytula was a 6-4, 6-1, winner over Naftilan at No. 5. Roldan gave the Shoremen a 4-0 lead and the victory by completing a 6-3, 6-3, win over Lawrence Wei at No. 6.
Hopkins got on the board when Smith defeated Riskie at No. 2, 6-2, 5-7, 10-6. Solis, the region's top-ranked singles player, pushed the lead to 5-1 with a 6-3, 6-4, win over Vasoontara, the region's 19th-ranked singles player, at No. 1. Ma accounted for the Blue Jays' other point in the match with a 7-6(5), 6-4, win over Edison at No. 4 in the last match to finish.
Johns Hopkins slips to 6-6 overall and 3-3 in the Centennial Conference with the loss and will return to action on Saturday at Dickinson in a key Centennial Conference match.
Singles competition
1. #1 Arturo Solis (WC) def. #19 Chanont Vasoontara (JHU) 6-3, 6-4
2. Hillen Smith (JHU) def. Tim Riskie (WC) 6-2, 5-7, 1-0 (10-6)
3. Anantha Bhaskar (WC) def. Rafael Roberti (JHU) 6-2, 6-2
4. Kevin Ma (JHU) def. Mike Edison (WC) 7-6 (7-5), 6-4
5. Maciek Prytula (WC) def. Matthew Naftilan (JHU) 6-4, 6-1
6. Rafael Roldan (WC) def. Lawrence Wei (JHU) 6-3, 6-3
Doubles competition
1. #8 Chanont Vasoontara/Hillen Smith (JHU) def. #4 Arturo Solis/Tim Riskie (WC) 9-7
2. Maciek Prytula/Mike Edison (WC) def. Rafael Roberti/Nick Kennedy (JHU) 8-5
3. Anantha Bhaskar/Rafael Roldan (WC) def. Kevin Ma/Matthew Naftilan (JHU) 9-7
