M. tennis still perfect in Centennial matches
The No. 22-ranked men's tennis team continued to dominate the Centennial Conference last Saturday, winning its 15th straight conference regular season match with a fierce 9-0 shutout at Ursinus. The team improved to 4-0 in conference play, while the Bears fell to 3-9 overall and 0-5 in the conference.
The Jays started off on fire and never let up, dominating all three doubles matches, winning by a combined score of 24 to 1. Two teams shut out their opponents. At first, the dynamic duo of sophomore David Maldow and freshman Andrew Wang cruised to an 8-0 win versus Jason Zerbe and Greg Lewis. At second senior Rafael Roberti and senior Matt Naftilan also beat our their opponents, Joseph Ellwood and Phillip Ricci, 8-0. In the third match, Hopkins won handily yet again, with junior Tripp Weber and sophomore Dan Myers winning over Josh Hollaman and Robert Saunders 8-1.
The story was the same for the singles matches, as Hopkins won all six matches in straight sets. Maldow dominated Zerbe, not dropping a single set, improving to 17-2 on the season. With the win, Maldow is just one win away from tying the single-season record for wins, which he set last year with 18 wins. Maldow likes their chances at the NCAA championships coming up in May.
"It's impressive how we've been dominating our conference lately," Maldow said.
"We've come a long way over the years; Washington College used to be the conference powerhouse, but now we've taken their spot. Each conference winner gets an automatic bid into the NCAA tournament, and since we're the favorite to win the conference, we're looking to do some damage at the tournament," Maldow said.
At second, Wang beat Hollaman handily, allowing Hollaman to win only one game. Roberti didn't allow Lewis to win a single game, tying the school record for career singles wins. Weber cruised to a 6-3, 6-1 win over Todd Wonderlin, which was his third in a row.
Naftilan only dropped one game in crushing Kevin Dean, and at sixth Myers beat Ellwood 6-0 and 6-3. The next day, the team continued to roll in Pittsburg, beating #17-ranked Carnegie Mellon 6-3.
The Jays started off on fire and never let up, dominating all three doubles matches, winning by a combined score of 24 to 1. Two teams shut out their opponents. At first, the dynamic duo of sophomore David Maldow and freshman Andrew Wang cruised to an 8-0 win versus Jason Zerbe and Greg Lewis. At second senior Rafael Roberti and senior Matt Naftilan also beat our their opponents, Joseph Ellwood and Phillip Ricci, 8-0. In the third match, Hopkins won handily yet again, with junior Tripp Weber and sophomore Dan Myers winning over Josh Hollaman and Robert Saunders 8-1.
The story was the same for the singles matches, as Hopkins won all six matches in straight sets. Maldow dominated Zerbe, not dropping a single set, improving to 17-2 on the season. With the win, Maldow is just one win away from tying the single-season record for wins, which he set last year with 18 wins. Maldow likes their chances at the NCAA championships coming up in May.
"It's impressive how we've been dominating our conference lately," Maldow said.
"We've come a long way over the years; Washington College used to be the conference powerhouse, but now we've taken their spot. Each conference winner gets an automatic bid into the NCAA tournament, and since we're the favorite to win the conference, we're looking to do some damage at the tournament," Maldow said.
At second, Wang beat Hollaman handily, allowing Hollaman to win only one game. Roberti didn't allow Lewis to win a single game, tying the school record for career singles wins. Weber cruised to a 6-3, 6-1 win over Todd Wonderlin, which was his third in a row.
Naftilan only dropped one game in crushing Kevin Dean, and at sixth Myers beat Ellwood 6-0 and 6-3. The next day, the team continued to roll in Pittsburg, beating #17-ranked Carnegie Mellon 6-3.
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BlueJay'99
posted 4/11/08 @ 1:44 PM EST
The Hopkins tennis team is a Division-1 caliber program that will be a major asset to the directors cup standings come May. Having visited the facilities this morning, however, it is surprising that they can attract any talent with perhaps the 6 worst courts I've seen in the NCAA. (Continued…)
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