March 28, 2004
Lancaster, PA -
Franklin & Marshall took five of six singles matches to post a 5-2 victory over Johns Hopkins in Centennial Conference men's tennis action Saturday afternoon.
The Diplomats improved to 4-1 overall and 2-0 in the league, while the Blue Jays fell to 0-4 overall and 0-3 in conference play.
Hopkins opened the match by winning the doubles point, as senior Grant Roch (Cedarburg, WI/Cedarburg) and sophomore Michael Kelly-Sell (Ann Arbor, MI/Pioneer) defeated Eric Ellison and Ben Michelman 8-4 at No. 2 while senior Aaron Ong (Florence, KY/Boone County) and freshman Andrew Chang (Norato, CA/San Francisco University) topped Alex Levy and Alex Sanchez 8-6 at No. 3. Alex Chester and Dan Lindenberg posted an 8-6 victory over senior Justin Chan (Mountain Lakes, NJ/Mountain Lakes) and junior Justin Belisario (Los Angeles, CA/Loyola) at No. 1 doubles for the Diplomats.
Franklin & Marshall then won the first four singles matches to record the victory. Chester defeated Chan 7-6 (7), 6-0 at No. 1, while Levy posted a 4-6, 6-4, 7-5 comeback win over Belisario at No. 2. Andrew Mayer also needed three sets to top Kelly-Sell 4-6, 7-6 (2), 6-2 at No. 3, and Lindenberg defeated Roch 6-1, 7-5 at No. 4.
Freshman Nick Kennedy (Tucson, AZ/Deerfield Academy) posted the lone singles win for the Blue Jays as he defeated Sanchez 6-4, 6-4 at No. 5, while Michelman topped Ong 6-3, 7-6 (3) at No. 6.
Hopkins travels to Goucher on Sunday for a 1 p.m. match with the Gophers.
Franklin & Marshall def. Johns Hopkins, 5-2
No. 1 Doubles: Alex Chester/Dan Lindenberg (F&M) def. Justin Chan/Justin Belisario (JHU) 8-6
No. 2 Doubles: Grant Roch/Michael Kelly-Sell (JHU) def. Eric Ellison/Ben Michelman (F&M) 8-4
No. 3 Doubles: Aaron Ong/Andrew Chang (JHU) def. Alex Levy/Alex Sanchez (F&M) 8-6
No. 1 Singles: Alex Chester (F&M) def. Justin Chan (JHU) 7-6 (7), 6-0
No. 2 Singles: Alex Levy (F&M) def. Justin Belisario (JHU) 4-6, 6-4, 7-5
No. 3 Singles: Andrew Mayer (F&M) def. Michael Kelly-Sell (JHU) 4-6, 7-6 (2), 6-2
No. 4 Singles: Dan Lindenberg (F&M) def. Grant Roch (JHU) 6-1, 7-5
No. 5 Singles: Nick Kennedy (JHU) def. Alex Sanchez (F&M) 6-4, 6-4
No. 6 Singles: Ben Michelman (F&M) def. Aaron Ong (JHU) 6-3, 7-6 (3)
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