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Lafayette 6, Delaware 1
April 25, 2000

Hens Fall To Leopards in Season Finale


NEWARK, DE – The University of Delaware men’s and women’s tennis teams earned a split with Lafayette College Tuesday afternoon.

The Blue Hen women (14-5), fresh off a second place finish at the America East championships this past weekend, downed Lafayette 5-1 while the the UD men (11-13) closed out their 1999-2000 season with a 6-1 setback to the Leopards. The UD men fell to Lafayette for the first time since 1989 after seven straight wins.

Highlighting the women’s victory was a win at No. 4 singles from Erin Kamen (Central Bucks East, Pa./Lake Forest, IL) who downed Lafayette’s Felicia Turturiello 7-5, 2-6, 10-7 to improve to 15-4 this season and increase her career singles record to 73-13, tying the school record for wins set by current UD head coach Laura Travis (73-12) in 1985-89. Kamen also broke Travis’ record for career singles matches played with 86.

Also picking up wins for the Hens were Elly Giese (9-10) at No. 1, Kristin Wasniewski (12-6) at No. 2, Karen Greenstein (11-8) at No. 3, and Tracy Guerin (4-2) at No. 6. No doubles matches were played.

In the men’s match, Delaware could capture just one victory in its season finale as No. 4 player Jesse Leopold (Burlington, Vt. HS) downed Arturo Pereira 4-6, 7-6 (8-6), 10-8. Freshman Lee Kennedy fell to Lafayette’s Dan Seward at the No. 2 spot to finish the season with a singles record of 15-9, just one win shy of the UD freshman record.

Kennedy did set a new UD record for singles matches played in a season with 24, breaking the mark fo 23 set by Ira Bernstein last season. The Hens’ 24 matches for the season also set a new Delaware standard.

 

AGATE:

 Lafayette men def. Delaware, 6-1

Singles: H’Cone Thompson, L, def. Sean Kelly, 7-5, 6-2; Dan Seward, L, def. Lee Kennedy, 6-3, 6-2; Adrian Smith-Manski, L, def. David Mouber, 7-6 (8-6), 6-4; Jesse Leopold, D, def. Arturo Pereira, 4-6, 7-6 (8-6), 10-8; Ryan Collins, L, def. Pat Seitz, 6-3, 6-1; Chris Ginley, L, def. Matt Cloutier, 6-3, 6-4.

Doubles: Collins-Colin Feehan, L, def. Seitz-Mark Biunno, 8-5.

Delaware women def. Lafayette, 5-1

Singles: Elly Giese, D, def. Shannon Rowe, 6-3, 6-4; Kristin Wasniewski, D, def. Derry Gushen, 6-3, 6-1; Karen Greenstein, D, def. Meghan Rowe, 6-3, 6-2; Erin Kamen, D, def. Felicia Turturiello, 7-5, 2-6, 10-7; Lily Fardshisheh, L, def. Jessica Wilkes, 6-2, 6-1; Tracy Guerin, D, def. Karen Meltzer, 6-2, 6-1; No Doubles.

 

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