Sweep Doubles and Take Five of Six in Singles

CHESTERTOWN, Md. – Host Washington College, ranked 14th in the Atlantic South region, swept doubles and captured five of six matches in singles to capture an 8-1 win over Dickinson on Saturday afternoon in Centennial Conference men's tennis action at Schottland Tennis Center. 

Washington College 8 Dickinson 1

Doubles
- Karl Hoegstedt and Andrew Smith, ranked 12th in the region in doubles, topped Dickinson's duo of Will Lewis and Romano De Caprio, 8-3, at No. 1 doubles.
- In No. 2 doubles, Brady Burns and Ryohei Kawai prevailed 8-3 over the Red Devils' Thomas Griffin and Garrick Adams.
- Christian Gruyon and Landon Strober completed the sweep for the Shorewomen in doubles at No. 3 with an 8-5 victory over Levi Veleanu and DJ Finnell.

Singles
- Strober won, 6-2, 6-0, at No. 1 singles over Adams and Kawai swept Griffin at No. 2 singles, 6-3, 6-4.
- Burns captured victory over Veleanu at No. 3 singles, 6-3, 6-0.
- De Caprio picked up Dickinson's lone win on the day at No. 4 singles with a 3-6, 6-4, 1-0 (10-6) win over Andrew Province.
- Aaradith Ravichandran downed Lewis at No. 5 singles, 6-1, 6-0.
- Smith got the better of Florian Anderson at No. 6 singles, 6-4, 7-5.

Notes
- Washington is now 7-4 overall and 2-0 in the Centennial, while Dickinson drops to 4-6 overall and 0-1 in the conference.

Quote From Acting Head Coach Michael Herman
"We played a good match overall. Guys took care of business. Some of our guys that have been playing well in practice were given opportunities. It is good to see that our team can get contributions from everyone.  We still need to get better in certain areas, but I think we are getting close."

Up Next
4/9 @ Ursinus – 1:00 p.m. (Centennial Conference Match)