HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. – The Washington College men's tennis team split a pair of matches today at the Chaplin Park Tennis Center. In the morning match, the Shoremen downed St. Mary's (Md.) 9-0 before falling to Division I College of Charleston in the afternoon match, 7-0.
Washington College 9 St. Mary's (Md.) 0
Doubles
- The Shoremen won all three doubles matches in the match. Washington's duo of
Brady Burns and
Christian Gruyon won at third doubles by default due to St. Mary's unable to field to duo. The Shoremen took a 2-0 lead as
Jack Fanshawe and
Landon Strober captured an 8-2 win over
Stephen Alam and
Nick Rohr at first doubles. In second doubles,
Aaradith Ravichandran and
Ryohei Kawai came away with an 8-4 win over the Seahawks'
Keawe Johnson and
Ethan Black.
Singles
- The Shoremen clinched the match as it picked up two victories in singles at No. 5 and No. 6 due to the Seahawks unable to provide an opponent. Burns won at five and
Johannes Ludwigstorff got the win at six.
- Ravichandran picked up a win at No. 4 in the first match to finish as he swept
Max Esztergomi, 6-1, 6-0.
- Gruyon took care of Rohr, 6-2, 6-1, at second singles in the next match to conclude.
- Perkins had his way with Johnson, 6-2, 6-1, at No. 3 singles in the second to last match to end.
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Andre Remi-Jakobi would complete the shutout win for the Shoremen as he came away with a 6-1, 7-6 win at the top spot over Alam.
Notes
- Washington improves to 1-3 on the season, while St. Mary's falls to 3-2.
- The Shoremen and Seahawks were playing for the first time since March 4, 2017, a 9-0 WC win. WC has won 23 of the 25 all-time meetings.
College of Charleston 7 Washington College 0
Doubles
- The match was played under Division I rules with the team winning at least two of the doubles matches earning one total team point and the doubles matches being played to a six-game pro set.
- Third doubles finished first and the Cougars' duo of
Juan Diego Rojas Mora and
Noah Borges topped Burns and Ravichandran, 6-0. Second doubles was next to conclude and the College of Charleston's
Mattia Bernardi and
Johnny Wang came away with a 6-0 victory over Gruyon and Strober. Top doubles flight was the last to end as
Matias Gaedechens and
Zac Larke bested the Shoremen's Jakobi and Kawai, 6-1.
Singles
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Jordyn Larke won the first singles match to finish at No. 5 with a 6-2, 6-1 win over Perkins.
- Rojas Mora downed Ravichandran at No. 6, 6-4, 6-0, in the next match to finish.
- Gaedechens secured victory for the Cougars as he topped Gruyon, 6-0, 6-2, at No. 4.
- Borges topped Jakobi in straight sets, 6-3, 6-1, at No. 2 in the next match to end.
- Wang netted a 6-2, 6-1 win at No. 3 as he bested Kawai.
- Zac Larke got the better of Strober at No. 1 in the last singles match to finish, 6-3, 6-3.
Notes
- The Division I Cougars improve to 6-7, while the Shoremen fall to 1-4.
- It was the fourth all-time meeting between the two programs, the first since 2019.
Up Next
3/18 @ #8 Emory – 3 p.m. (Non-Conference match)
- The two teams are playing for the first time since 2005.