Freshman Helps Men's Tennis To No. 17 Regional Ranking

Blue Jays earn spot in fall edition of ITA poll

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Senior Justin Belisario was ranked No. 11 in doubles with freshman Joe Vasoontara

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Dec. 3, 2004

BALTIMORE, MD - The Johns Hopkins men's tennis team has been ranked No. 17 in the ITA Division III Atlantic South Region, as announced Dec. 1. The Blue Jay men's team went 5-5 overall and 5-3 in the conference last spring, ending the season with five consecutive wins, while the women went 7-4 overall and 7-3 in league play.

Freshman Joe Vasoontara (Bangkok, Thailand/Loomis Chaffee) earned a No. 25 ranking in regional singles and a No. 11 ranking in doubles with senior Justin Belisario (Los Angeles, CA/Loyola).

Leading the teams this year is first-year Hopkins coach Chuck Willenborg, who comes from Division II Barry University, where he led the men's team to the NCAA Finals and the women's team to its first-ever Sunshine State Conference Championship.

Willenborg, an adjunct professor in the school of professional studies and education at Hopkins, also coached the top 10-ranked University of Miami tennis teams from 1989-95 and was a member of the Big East Tennis Committee. He then moved to Pepperdine University, where he coached the nationally-ranked Waves tennis teams.

ITA Rankings, Dec. 1

Atlantic South

1. Emory University

2. University of Mary Washington

3. Washington & Lee University

4. Swarthmore College

5. Washington College

6. Carnegie Mellon University

7. Piedmont College

8. Methodist College

9. Palm Beach Atlantic University

10. Averett University

11. Salisbury University

12. University of the South

13. Mississippi College

14. Goucher College

15. Rhodes College

16. Haverford College

17. Johns Hopkins University

Doubles

1. Mark Odgers/Alex Jacobs, Emory

2. Paul Bristow/Nate Hathaway, UMW

3. Tyson Ramsay/Josh Rubens, Emory

4. Andre Danos/David Sands, Goucher

5. Sebastian Stanescu/Valentin Sigartu, Piedmont

6. Vivian Chhetri/Arturo Solis, Washington

7. Carl Yang/Ryan Laws, CMU

8. Yoji Masuoka/Patrick Redmond, Emory

9. Jon Reiss/Brian Park, Swarthmore

10. Adam Kent/Beau Cox, U-South

11. Justin Belisario/Joe Vasoontara, Johns Hopkins

12. Tim Ryan/Matt Rogers, UMW

13. Asfand Farouk/Timothy Riskie, Washington

14. Jason Box/Matt Burton, U-South

15. Jesse Ferlianto/Andrew Watkins, Emory