THE REPORTER:
Taylor Wins Second Championship
Senior tennis player Peter Taylor captured his second consecutive
ITA Southeast Regional Singles Championship October 6 at Swarthmore
College. Defeating David Shay of Washington & Lee, 6-3, 6-3,
in the final match, Taylor earned a berth in the ITA National
Small College Championships in mid-October.
Taylor, who was seeded first in singles, opened play at the
regional tournament October 4, defeating Steve Ehrlich of Carnegie
Mellon, 6-4, 6-2, in the first round and Justin Chan of Johns
Hopkins, 6-0, 6-0, in the second round. The following day, he
bested Mary Washington's Tim Ryan, 6-1, 6-0, in round three
and Washington & Lee's Graham Nix, 5-7, 6-1, 6-2, in the quarterfinals.
In the semifinal match, Taylor took set one against Washington
& Lee's K.C. Schaefer, 7- 5, and was leading the second set,
3-1, before Schaefer retired with a sprained ankle. Taylor then
went on to defeat a Washington & Lee player for the third straight
round by topping Shay in the final. In all, Taylor dropped just
one set en route to winning the singles title.
In doubles play, Taylor teamed with junior Asfand Farouk to
reach the semifinals. Taylor and Farouk, who were seeded fourth,
downed Hassan Shah and Madhan Srinivasan of Wilkes, 8-4, in
round one and Carnegie Mellon's Jardan Koslosky and Carl Yang,
8-3, in the second round. In the quarterfinals, the WC tandem
topped Swarthmore's Mike Noreika and Frank Visciano, 8-6. Taylor
and Farouk's run ended in the semifinals with an 8-6 loss to
top-seeded Scott Mayberry and Nick Peel of Salisbury.
PHOTO: KEVIN TUCKER
At the ITA nationals, Peter Taylor placed second in Division
III singles. |
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