Richmond Overcomes Georgetown in Men's Tennis
March 30, 2005
WASHINGTON, DC - The Georgetown men's tennis team hosted their second home match of the 2004-2005 season as the Richmond Spiders visited the McDonough Tennis Complex. Richmond, the reigning Atlantic 10 Conference Champion and a 2004 NCAA Team Championship qualifier, scored a 5-2 win. Georgetown began the match with a solid doubles performance as the #2 and #3 doubles teams posted victories. Andrew Clayton (Salt Lake City, UT/Rowland Hall- St. Mark's) and Scott Maucher (Mount Pleasant, NC/Bishop England) claimed the #3 doubles match by an 8-4 score and the sophomore tandem of Kevin Killeavy (Indian Harbor Beach, FL/Melbourne Central Catholic) and Scott Faust (Miami, FL/Ransom Everglades) came through at #2 doubles with a 9-7 win. It was only the second time in the last twelve matches that Richmond was defeated in doubles. But Richmond, despite Georgetown's 1-0 lead, responded as though no deficit existed, winning the first sets in all six singles matches. Georgetown was able to extend only one of those matches to a third set as Maucher came through with a 4-6, 6-4,7-5 win at #2 singles. The final score was Georgetown-2, Richmond-5 Georgetown returns to the road for BIG EAST matches against Connecticut in Vernon, CT on Saturday, April 2, and Boston College at BC's Chestnut Hill campus on Sunday, April 3. Georgetown vs Richmond
Richmond 5, Georgetown 2
Doubles
Singles Final Score: Georgetown-2, Richmond-5 |