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Men's Tennis Makes A Run At NCAA Title
 The Washington men's tennis team completed another successful season, finishing 19-2, holding on to its Centennial Conference title and reaching the quarterfinals of the NCAA Division III championship.
The Shoremen won their eighth Centennial Conference championship, having never lost a match in conference play.
Washington's ride in the NCAA tournament started in Chestertown. The Shoremen were the #2 seed from the Atlantic South Region, and hosted Swarthmore and Washington & Lee for the right to move on to the quarterfinals. The team downed Washington & Lee, 4-0, by winning all four singles matches. Jose Lejarraga won his first singles match 6-2, 6-0. Freshman Peter Taylor was broken in his fourth singles match, but was able to come back and win 6-1, 7-5.
Washington advanced to the quarterfinals. The Shoremen were upset by Williams College (MA), 4-2. Williams went on to claim the national title.
The Shoremen took two doubles matches from Williams as Lejarraga and Seth Morgan won their match 9-7. Williams took the singles competition with four wins. Washington's lone singles winner was Taylor. He won 6-4, 7-5.
In the individual portion of the championship, Morgan and Lejarraga were eliminated in the first round of the doubles competition. Kyle Harding and Jeff Keen of Kalamazoo College (MI) downed the Shoremen pair 3-6, 6-4, 6-4.
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