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Virginia Commonwealth Invitational Day 2
January 26, 2003

Blue Hens Fall to Old Dominion in VCU Finale

 

RICHMOND, VA -- The University of Delaware men's tennis team dropped its third and final match of the Virginia Commonwealth Invitational Sunday with a 5-0 loss to Colonial Athletic Association for Old Dominion at the Thalhimer Tennis Center.

The Blue Hens, who lost to East Tennessee State and host VCU by identical 5-0 scores on Saturday, evened their record at 5-5 on the season. Delaware will return to action March 1 at Lehigh.

The Monarchs, who went 3-0 in the tournament, won three of the matches vs. Delaware in straight sets as Zoltan Csanadi downed Delaware's John Tully 7-5, 6-1 at the No. 1 singles spot, Salman Mohammed defeated Dustin Lewis 6-2, 6-0 at No. 3 singles, and the team of Calin Milos and Patrik Binkowski upended the Hens' team of Josh Ditman and Ari Zweig 6-2, 6-0 at No. 1 doubles.

Delaware lost two close matches as Sanjay Khindri fell to ODU's Izak van der Merwe 6-4, 3-6, 10-8 at No. 2 singles and Adam Liebman dropped a 6-3, 5-7, 10-3 verdict to Adriana Mello at the No. 4 singles flight.

AGATE:

Old Dominion def. Delaware, 5-0

Singles: Zoltan Csanadi (ODU) def. John Tully (UD): 7-5, 6-1; Izak van der Merwe (ODU) def. Sanjay Khindri (UD): 6-4, 3-6, (10-8); Salman Mohammed (ODU) def. Dustin Lewis (UD): 6-2, 6-0; Adriano Mello (ODU) def. Adam Liebman(UD): 6-3, 5-7, 10-3

Doubles: Patrik Binkowski/Calin Milos (ODU) def. Josh Ditman/Ari Zweig (UD): 6-2, 6-0

 

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