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Delaware 5, Lafayette 2
March 8, 2004

Blue Hens Win First Match of Spring; Win Four Singles Matches

NEWARK, DE -- The University of Delaware and Lafayette College split a pair of non-league tennis matches Monday afternoon at the Delaware Field House Courts.

The Delaware men posted a 5-2 win over Lafayette while the Blue Hen women fell to the Leopards by a score of 6-1. The match began outdoors at the Delaware Field House Courts but were completed indoors in the Delaware Field House due to inclement weather.

The Delaware men improved to 7-4 in dual action this season with their first win of the spring season in three outings. The Blue Hen women fell to 3-4 overall, including 0-2 for the spring.

In the men's match, Delaware got singles victories from John Tully at No. 2, Adam Liebman at No. 3, Josh Ditman at No. 4, and Dustin Lewis at No. 5. Tully improved to a team-best 13-3 on the season. Lafayette got singles wins from Andrew Mott at No. 1 and Craig Helstowski at No. 6.

Delaware won the doubles point as the No. 1 team of Sanjay Khindri and Tully posted a 9-7 win over Brett Warren and Helstowski and the No. 3 team of Liebman and Ditman posted an 8-3 triumph over John Zazzu and Peter Titus of Lafayette.

Lafayette dominated the women's match as the Leopards captured the doubles point and won each of the first five singles matches. Delaware got its lone wins at No. 6 singles where Stef Riddle posted an 8-1 win over Stephanie Rosman and at No. 1 doubles where Sari Shuster and Jamie deGraffenreid teamed for an 8-3 win over Lafayette's Chez Saricas and Meghan Fitzgerald.

AGATE:

Men: Delaware 5, Lafayette 2

Singles: Andrew Mott, L, def. Sanjay Khindri, 9-8 (7-4); John Tully, D, def. Brett Warren, 8-6; Adam Liebman, D, def. John Zazzu, 6-2, 6-1; Josh Ditman, D, def. Peter Titus, 8-4; Dustin Lewis, D, def. Devin Murphy, 8-2; Craig Helstowski, L, def. Jon Edwards, 8-6.

Doubles: Khindri-Tully, D, def. Warren-Helstowski, 9-7; Mott-Murphy, L, def. Edwards-Philip Wayne, 9-7; Liebman-Ditman, D, def. Zazzu-Titus, 8-3.

Women: Lafayette 6, Delaware 1

Singles: Chez Saricas, L, def. Sari Shuster, 6-3, 6-4; Lisa Fungtae-Fund, L, def. Liz Perlow, 8-2; Monika Serrano, L, def. Jamie deGraffenreid, 8-1; Ali Kelley, L, def. Julia Shapiro, 8-3; Susan King, L, def. Beth Principe, 9-7; Stef Riddle, D, def. Stephanie Rosman, 8-1.

Doubles: Shuster-deGraffenreid, D, def. Saricas-Meghan Fitzgerald, 8-3; Fungtae-Fund-Serrano, L, def. Principe-Katie Miller, 8-6; Kelley-Rosman, L, def. Perlow-Katie Roses, 9-8 (8-6).

 

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