The Elm Student Newspaper
Men's tennis team ranked #2 in Division-III
John Leekley
The Washington College men's tennis team
is the #2 team in the country as of April 6.
Courtesy of WC Sports Information
The Washington College men's tennis team is storming though what has been an extremely good season. April 6 was the date the NCAA Division-III tennis rankings were released, and it was good news for the Washington tennis program.
The WC men's tennis team received 60 points, just three behind #1 Emory.
In addition, Junior Jose Lejarraga is now ranked the nations #1 tennis player. Classmate Seth Morgan is ranked #10, and as doubles partners, the two are also ranked #1 in the nation.Other rankings for Washington players, in singles competition, are Bart Prytula (#18) and Peter Taylor (#21). In doubles, Prytula and Taylor team up to be the nations #10 team overall.
Before these rankings were released, the Shoremen faced Centennial Conference opponent Ursinus College. Lejarraga, Morgan, and sophomore Alavaro Prado all won their singles match 6-0, 6-0.
Taylor and Louis Blanchette each won their singles matches 6-1, 6-0.
Freshmen Brant Wisler rounded out the singles victories with a 6-1, 6-1 win.The Shoremen improved their record to 11-0 and 5-0 in the Centennial Conference matches with a 7-0 victory over Haverford College. The Shoremen completely dominated the Fords all throughout the match.
With a 5-2 win over the University of the South, the men's tennis team pushed their overall record to 12-0. The South won two matches in singles and one doubles match to make the contest close.
Lejarraga won his first singles match, 6-3, 6-1. Morgan fought to claim a win in the second singles 2-6, 6-2, 6-3. Taylor cruised to a win in his fourth singles match 6-3, 6-1.
The men's tennis team then dropped their first match of the season to Emory University, 5-2 last weekend. The Eagles were ranked #1 in the Atlantic South Region of the NCAA, while the Shoremen were ranked #2.
Lejarraga fell to #2 singles player Brett Kaplan, 6-2, 6-4. Bart Prytula dropped his third singles match 1-6, 6-2, 6-2. The Shoremen lost three singles matches and two doubles matches.
The Shoremen then bounced back with a win and improved their overall record to to 13-1 with a clean shutout of Johns Hopkins, 7-0 last Tuesday.
Washington is in action again Wednesday, April 18, when they host Salisbury St. at 3:30 p.m.
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