No. 10 Men’s Tennis Drops Pair of Matches at Stag-Hen Invitational

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Claremont, Calif., March 16, 2012 – The No. 10 ranked Washington University in St. Louis men’s tennis team ended its Spring Break trip with a pair of losses on Friday at the Stag-Hen Invitational held at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps College in Claremont, Calif.

The Bears were upset by No. 14 Bowdoin College 6-3 in the opening match, before suffering a hard-fought 5-4 loss to No. 4 John Hopkins University in the nightcap. Washington U. concluded its week-long Spring Break trip with a 2-3 record, with all three losses coming to top-15 opponents.

#14 Bowdoin 6, #10 Washington U. 3
Match-by-Match Results:
Doubles
1. Samuel King/Oscar Pena (BOWD) def. Adam Putterman/Ross Putterman (WASHU) 8-4
2. Doug Caplan/Kyle Wolstencroft (BOWD) def. #10 Kevin Chu/Max Franklin (WASHU) 8-5
3. Kareem Farah/Parker Chang (WASHU) def. Noah Bragg/Kent Winningham (BOWD) 8-6

Singles:
1. #3 Adam Putterman (WASHU) def. Samuel King (BOWD) 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7-2)
2. Oscar Pena (BOWD) def. #25 Ross Putterman (WASHU) 4-6, 6-3, 6-1
3. Gary Parizher (WASHU) def. Casey Grindon (BOWD) 6-4, 6-4
4. Noah Bragg (BOWD) def. Kareem Farah (WASHU) 6-3, 6-3
5. #30 Chris Lord (BOWD) def. Kevin Chu (WASHU) 6-3, 7-6 (12-10)
6. Kyle Wolstencroft (BOWD) def. Bryan Haywood (WASHU) 6-3, 6-0

#13 Johns Hopkins 5, #4 Washington U. 4
Match-by-Match Results:
Doubles
1. Adam Putterman/Ross Putterman (WASHU) def. Warren Elgort/Jacob Barnaby (JHUM) 9-8 (7-3)
2. Tanner Brown/Erik Lim (JHUM) def. #10 Max Franklin/Kevin Chu (WASHU) 8-6
3. Kareem Farah/Parker Chang (WASHU) def. Andy Hersh/Jeffrey Kamei (JHUM) 8-5

Singles:
1. #3 Adam Putterman (WASHU) def. #6 Andy Hersh (JHUM) 6-4, 6-0
2. #27 Tanner Brown (JHUM) def. #25 Ross Putterman (WASHU) 6-2, 6-3
3. Gary Parizher (WASHU) def. #40 Ben Hwang (JHUM) 6-3, 6-4
4. Jensen Reiter (JHUM) def. Kareem Farah (WASHU) 6-3, 7-5
5. #36 Warren Elgort (JHUM) def. Kevin Chu (WASHU) 6-3, 6-2
6. Erik Lim (JHUM) def. Bryan Haywood (WASHU) 6-3, 6-0

Notes:
• The Bears trailed following doubles play against Bowdoin for the fifth time this season.
• Junior Gary Parizher has won six-straight singles matches and improved his singles record to 16-2.
• Parizher picked up his 50th career singles victory against Johns Hopkins.
• Washington U. is 3-5 against nationally-ranked teams this season.

Up Next:
Washington University (6-5) begins a three-match homestand against Wheaton College (Ill.) on Saturday, March 24, at 1 p.m.