FAULK NAMED PAC PLAYER OF THE YEAR; W&J PLACES THIRD (4/24)

ERIE, Pa. -- Senior Chris Faulk (Washington, Pa./Washington) {pictured} led the Washington & Jefferson College men’s tennis team to a third-place finish at the 2010 Presidents’ Athletic Conference Championships after winning the No. 1 singles bracket and being crowned the 2010 PAC Player of the Year.  He is just the third W&J men’s tennis player in the past 21 years to accomplish the feat.

Gary Tan (2006) and W&J Hall of Fame member Mike Kluska (1986-89) were the last two Presidents to win a PAC No. 1 singles men’s tennis title. 

Grove City captured its 20th consecutive PAC team championship after tallying 50 total points, followed by Waynesburg (28), W&J (19), Bethany (18), Westminster (12) and Thomas More (10).  Grove City Head Coach Joe Walters was named the PAC Coach of the Year for the fifth consecutive season.

Faulk defeated Grove City’s Ricky Garrett (6-0, 6-3) in the No. 1 singles championship match.  Faulk finished his career at W&J with a 25-12 overall record in singles matches.

Junior David Dubois (Oak Hill, Va./Oakton), freshman exchange student Brice Manin (Lyon, France/Lycee Francisque Sarcey) and senior Cameron Sell (Cumberland, Md./Bishop Walsh) all took home the third-place trophy in their respective brackets.

Manin defeated Thomas More’s Evan Bryan (6-3, 6-2) in the No. 2 singles third-place match, while Dubois knocked off Bethany’s Levi Naylor (6-4, 6-4) in the No. 3 singles consolation match.  Sell rounded out W&J’s third-place finisher in the No. 6 singles match, defeating TMC’s Ricky Barria (6-2, 6-3).

Faulk and Manin, who finished the season with a 9-3 record in doubles play, were defeated by Garrett and Peter Davis of Grove City by a score of 8-3 in the No. 1 doubles championship match.  Faulk and Manin earned second team All-PAC honors with their second-place showing.

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=2010 WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON COLLEGE MEN'S TENNIS SEASON PREVIEW (3/11)

The Washington & Jefferson College men’s tennis team and first-year Head Coach Tim Fusina will open the 2010 season on Saturday, March 13th when traveling to Oberlin College for a 12:30 pm match.  The Presidents will be looking to improve upon last season’s success after they posted a 4-2 overall record (3-2 in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference).

Senior Chris Faulk (Washington, Pa./Washington) {pictured}, who finished second in both No. 1 singles doubles at the 2009 PAC Championships, returns to the squad this season as the Presidents' most accomplished player.  Faulk finished the 2009 season with a 6-1 record in singles competition, including a 4-1 mark in the PAC.

In dual matches, Faulk teamed with Pat Kennedy and posted a 6-1 record a year ago. In his three years at W&J, Faulk is 18-8 in singles play and 21-5 in doubles matches.

Seniors Cameron Sell (Cumberland, Md./Bishop Walsh) and Eric Sillard (Lakewood, N.J./Point Beach) return to the Red & Black.  Sell won his only individual match of the year, while Sillard earned three combined wins in singles and doubles play. 

Junior David Dubois (Oakton, Md./Oakton) and junior Justin Mondok (Youngstown, Ohio/Austintown Fitch) round out the list of returners to the 2010 squad.  Dubois carried a 4-3 record in singles play last season and earned a 5-2 mark in doubles competition.

Fusina, who also serves as the W&J assistant men's basketball coach, looks for additional depth out of freshman exchange student Brice Manin (Lyon, France/Lycee Francisque Sarcey).

The Presidents open the home portion of their schedule on March 16th, hosting Pitt-Greensburg at 3:30 pm at the Janet L. Swanson Tennis Courts. 

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2010 Washington & Jefferson College Presidents