Blue
Hens Win Two Doubles Titles at
Season-Opening Swarthmore
Invitational
 Date:
September 20, 2004
SWARTHMORE,
PA -- The University of Delaware men's
tennis team picked up doubles titles in
both the Flight B and Flight D divisions
to highlight action at the season-opening
Swarthmore College Invitational this past
weekend.
Senior
John Tully (right) and junior Josh Ditman
captured the Flight B doubles title with
an 8-4 win over Temple's Matt Struble and
Elad Ziu while the Blue Hen tandem of
junior Adam Liebman and sophomore Adam
Freedenberg posted an 8-2 win over UD
teammates junior Philip Wayne and freshman
Michael Fehrs in the Flight D doubles
championship.
In all,
Delaware players posted a combined record
of 8-1 in doubles play and 18-9 in singles
action in the non-scoring event. The Blue
Hens will return to action Sept. 30 at
home vs. Villanova.
Delaware
also posted three second place finishes
for the tournament as Tully went 3-1 at
the Flight A singles competition, falling
in the finals by a 6-1, 6-4 score to
Swarthmore's Jon Reiss; freshman Jason
Hanschman went 3-1 and fell to Bucknell's
John Lashnits by a 6-3, 6-3 score in the
Flight C singles final; and Fehrs also
posted a 3-1 record and fell to Bucknell's
Gareet Neff 6-3, 6-7, 11-9 in the Flight D
singles finals.
AGATE:
Delaware
Participants:
Flight A
Singles: John Tully (Delaware) def. Yhonny
Murray (Temple), 7-6 (5), 6-2; Adam
Liebman (Delaware) def. Tyler Wynn
(Temple), 7-5, 6-4; NIck Denefrio
(Bucknell) def. Liebman (D), 3-6, 6-3,
11-9; Tully (D) def. Gerald Dichiaria
(Bucknell), 6-1, 6-4; Jon Reiss
(Swarthmore) def. Liebman (D), 7-6, 6-2;
Tully (D) def. Brian Park (Swarthmore),
6-2, 6-1; Final - Reiss (Swarthmore) def.
Tully (D), 6-1, 6-4.
Flight B
Singles: Josh Ditman (Delaware) def. Matt
Struble (Temple), 6-3, 7-5; Robert Wirth
(Delaware), def. Elad Ziu (Temple), 6-1,
6-0; Asher Salam (Bucknell) def. Ditman
(D), 6-2, 7-6; Ira Reibeison (Bucknell),
def. Wirth (D), 6-1, 7-6; Ditman (D) def.
Adam Wallwork (Swarthmore), 6-0, 6-4;
Wirth (D) def. Justin Durand (Swarthmore),
6-2, 5-7, 7-6
Flight C
Singles: Jason Hanschman (Delaware) def.
Jonathon Lo (Swarthmore), 6-4, 6-3; Jesse
Carl (Delaware) def. 6-0, 6-0; Carl (D)
def. Jon Sy (Temple), 6-2, 6-3; Hanschman
(D) def. Joe Listanski (Temple), 6-0, 6-0;
John Lashnits (Bucknell) def. Carl, 6-3,
6-4; Hanschman (D) def. Joe Menezes
(Bucknell), 7-5, 7-5; Final - Lashnitts
(Bucknell) def. Hanschman (D), 6-3,
6-3.
Flight D
Singles: Philip Wayne (Delaware) def.
Chris Celtnires (Temple), 6-4, 6-1;
Michael Fehrs (Delaware) def. Nick Zeifang
(Swarthmore), 6-1, 6-2; Wayne (D) def.
Shingo Murata (Swarthmore), 6-0, 6-4;
Fehrs (D), def. Raul D'Silva (Swarthmore),
6-1, 6-1; Gareet Neff (Bucknell) def.
Wayne, 6-3, 1-6, 7-6; Fehrs (D) def. Matt
Pikus (Bucknell), 3-6, 7-6, 7-6; Final -
Neff (Bucknell) def. Fehrs (D), 6-3, 6-7,
11-9.
Flight A
Doubles: Jason Hanschman-Jesse Carl
(Delaware) def. Wynn-Murray (Temple), 9-8;
Consolation: Hanschman-Carl (D) def.
Denefrio-Lashnits (Bucknell),
8-6.
Flight B
Doubles: John Tully-Josh Ditman (Delaware)
def. Salem-Menezes (Bucknell), 8-5; Final:
Tully-Ditman (D) def. Struble-Ziu
(Temple), 8-4.
Flight C
Doubles: Sammy Carl-Robert Wirth
(Delaware) def. D'Silva-Sidhu
(Swarthmore), 8-1
Flight D
Doubles: Adam Liebman-Adam Freedenberg
(Delaware) def. Murata-D'Golia
(Swarthmore), 8-2; Philip Wayne-Michael
Fehrs (Delaware) def. Sy(Temple)-Neff
(Bucknell), 8-6; Final -
Liebman-Freedenberg (D) def. Wayne-Fehrs
(D), 8-2.
- DDD
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