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CAA Men's Tennis Tournament 1st Round
April 22, 2004

Blue Hens Down Dragons for Second Time in a Week; Advance to CAA Quarterfinals

 

WILLIAMSBURG, VA -- The University of Delaware men's tennis team advanced to the quarterfinals for the second straight year with a 4-0 win over Drexel in a first round match at the Colonial Athletic Association Men's Tennis Championships Thursday morning at William & Mary's Adair Tennis Complex.

The No. 7 seed Blue Hens, who have now won 10 or more matches for the 13th straight season, improved to 12-10 with their third straight victory. The Hens had defeated No. 10 seed Drexel (4-10) in the regular season finale this past Sunday and have now defeated the Dragons 43 times in the last 44 all-time meetings.

The Hens advance to the quarterfinals and will take on No. 2 seed and host William & Mary Friday at 11:30 a.m. Should the Hens down the Tribe, they would advance to Saturday's semifinals at 9 a.m. The Delaware women are the No. 6 seed and will open CAA Tournament play vs. No. 3 Old Dominion in the quarterfinals Friday at 9 a.m.

Delaware claimed the doubles point with two wins as the No. 1 team of Sanjay Khindri (right) and John Tully's defeated Drexel's Pasquale Cardone and Keith Juaniza 8-1 and the No. 2 team of Josh Ditman and Ari Zweig posted an 8-4 win over Ilija Tunjic and Nevzat Cubukcu 8-4.

The Hens then clinched the win as Khindri downed Reda Akbil 6-1, 6-0 at the No. 1 spot, Tully downed Walid El Jebbari 6-3, 1-0 (retired) at the No. 2 spot, and Ditman upended Juaniza 6-3, 6-2 at the No. 4 spot. Due to CAA Tournament rules, the other three matches that were in progress were suspended because the match result was already decided.

Tully improved to 18-8 this season in singles play and won his 41st career match. His 18 wins is just three shy of the UD single season mark of 21 set by Jon Zolin in 1973-74.

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Colonial Athletic Association 1st Round

Delaware def. Drexel, 4-0

Singles: Sanjay Khindri, DEL, def. Reda Akbil, 6-1, 6-0; John Tully, DEL, def. Walid El Jebbari, 6-3, 1-0 (retired); Adam Liebman, DEL, vs. Ilija Tunjic, DRX (suspended); Josh Ditman, DEL, def. Keith Juaniza, 6-3, 6-2; Ari Zweig, DEL, vs. Nevzat Cubukcu, DRX (suspended); Philip Wayne, DEL, vs. Kellen Thomas, DRX (suspended)

Doubles: Khindri/Tully, DEL, def. Pasquale Cardone/Juaniza, 8-1; Ditman/Zweig, DEL, def. Cubukcu/Tunjic, 8-4; Jon Edwards/Wayne, DEL, vs. Akbil/El Jebbari, DRX (suspended).

 

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