April 10, 2007
Box Score
BALTIMORE, MD - The No.21 Johns Hopkins men's tennis team rolled to an 8-1 win over Washington College in a Centennial Conference match in Baltimore. The Blue Jays, who have won seven straight, are 11-2 overall and 5-0 in the conference. Hopkins is now tied for first in the Centennial with Haverford. The Shoremen fall to 5-6 overall and 3-1 in the conference with the loss. Hopkins has now defeated Washington in three of the last four meetings.
Hopkins swept all three doubles matches to take an early 3-0 lead over Washington. Senior Hillen Smith, Jr. (Baltimore, MD/Boys Latin) and junior Joe Vasoontara (Bangkok, Thailand/Loomis Chaffee) defeated Todd Green and Brian Danver at first 8-0. At second, freshmen David Maldow (Jericho, NY/Jericho Senior) and Dan Myers (Chattanooga, TN/Collegiate School) won 8-2 over Derek Wise and Rafael Roldan. And at third, juniors Rafael Roberti (Summit, NJ/Summit) and Matt Naftilan (Nashville, TN/Montgomery Bell Academy) won their third straight match with an 8-3 win over Timothy Parks and Michal Switala.
In singles play, the Blue Jays won five of six matches to earn the 8-1 win. No.13 Maldow won in straight sets, beating Roldan for his 14th win of the season. That ties the school single-season record, held by six players, including Vasoontara (2005, 14-2). The Shoremen's lone point of the match came at second singles when Vasoontara retired due to illness after losing the first set 6-4 to Green.
Sophomore Larry Wei (Caldwell, NJ/James Caldwell) also won in straight sets, beating Danver 6-1, 6-1. Myers improved to 12-3 on the season with a straight sets win over Switala. Roberti rolled to his eighth win of the season, beating Parks without losing a game at fifth. Sophomore Tripp Weber (Blue Bell, PA/Germantown Academy) remained unbeaten on the season at 5-0 with a 6-1, 6-2 win over Wise at sixth.
The Blue Jays return to action on Saturday when they travel to Lancaster, PA to face the Franklin & Marshall Diplomats. Hopkins has two straight and five of the last six over F&M.
