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Stetson 5, Delaware 2
April 5, 2002

Khindri, Mouber Win at Singles For Delaware in Florida Finale

 

Sanjay Khindri won at No. 1 singles

DELAND, FL -- The University of Delaware men's and women's tennis teams concluded their annual trip to Florida by falling to host Stetson University Friday afternoon.

The Delaware men dropped their fourth straight match with 5-2 setback to the Hatters while the Blue Hen women (3-10) suffered their 10th straight loss with a 4-3 setback to Stetson. Both Blue Hen teams return to action Apr. 8 at Colonial Athletic Association foe George Mason.

The Stetson men won their seventh straight to improve to 16-5 while the Hatter women moved to 6-14 with their second straight victory.

The Delaware men posted both of their victories in singles as Sanjay Khindri (Emmaus/Macungie, PA) posted a 6-2, 4-6, 10-6 win over Stetson's Vittorio Fratta at No. 1 singles and David Mouber (Moorestown Friends/Mt. Laurel, NJ) was a 6-1, 6-2 winner over Bryan Coyle at the No. 6 spot.

In the women's match, Delaware won three of the six singles matches but Stetson clinched the win by winning two of the three doubles competitions for the doubles point.

For the Blue Hens, Christine Knox (William Penn/New Castle, DE) posted a 6-4, 6-0 win over Christina Homan at the No. 4 spot, Beth Principe (Watchung Hills/Warren, NJ) was a 6-1, 6-1 winner over Patti West at the No. 5 spot, and Julia Shapiro (Baldwin/Baldwin, NY) downed Katie Hoefling, 6-2, 6-4. Knox improved to 8-4 on the season while Shapiro picked up her first singles victory in seven tries this season.

Knox and Shapiro also combined for a 9-7 victory at the No. 3 doubles spot for the Blue Hens.

AGATE:

Men: Stetson def. Delaware, 5-2

Singles: Sanjay Khindri, D, def. Vittorio Fratta, 6-2, 4-6, 10-6; Alexander Antonijevic, S, def. John Tully, 6-1, 6-4; Thomas Bross, S, def. Robert Wirth, 6-0, 6-4; Eduardo Richelle, S, def. Lee Kennedy, 6-2, 6-0; Christian Moe, S, def. Dustin Lewis, 6-4, 6-3; David Mouber, D, def. Bryan Coyle, 6-1, 6-2.

Doubles: Moe-Richelle, S, def. Khindri-Tully, 8-4; Piero Demichelli-Fratta, S, def. Wirth-Ari Zweig, 8-4, Bross-Antonijevic, S, def. Kennedy-Mouber, 9-7

 

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