NEWARK, DE -- The University of Delaware men’s and women’s tennis teams won 30 of 31 sets en route to defeating Colonial Athletic Association foe George Mason 7-0 in each match Friday afternoon at the Delaware Field House Tennis Courts.
The Blue Hen women, who have won back-to-back matches 7-0, improve to 6-9 on the season and 1-3 in conference play.
Elena Barry picked up her third straight win at No. 1 singles with a 6-3, 6-3 win over Maricel Ballester, while Amanda Campbell downed Alexandria LaCoste 6-0, 6-2 at No. 2. Liz Perlow moved into sixth place on the all-time career wins list by posting her 51st singles victory over Julia Moscato 2-6, 7-5, 6-2 and Alexa Dragonette posted her team-leading 16th singles victory by topping Meredith Cutchin 6-1, 6-2 at No. 4.
Brittany Barsky recorded a 6-0, 6-1 win over Alicia Van Zandt at No. 5 and Laura Honig won 6-1, 6-4 against Claudia Antezano at No. 6.
In the doubles, Berry and Campbell teamed up to defeat Ballester and Cutchin 8-7 (2) at No. 1, while Dragonette and Barsky posted their fourth straight win as a doubles team by downing Moscato and Van Zandt 8-3. Perlow and Schiller topped LaCoste and Jennifer Kramer 8-1 to round out the doubles sweep.
On the men’s side, Delaware won its second straight match and didn’t drop a set in a 7-0 victory. The Blue Hens improve to 5-7 overall and 1-1 in conference play.
For the first time this season the Delaware men did not drop a singles match as Nolan Greenberg defeated Anastas Budagov 6-1, 6-1 at No. 1, while Austin Longacre breezed pass Daniel Scheinder 6-1, 6-3 at No. 2.
Matt Leibman downed Jordan Lipstock 6-2, 6-4 at No. 3 and Sam Barrer picked up his fifth straight win, a season-high for any Delaware men’s player, by beating Jay Friedman 6-0, 6-3 at No. 4. Jon Schwartz defeated Matthew Vaughn 7-5, 6-1 at No. 5 and Camilo Perez (at right) downed Martin Brown 6-0, 6-4 at No. 6.
In doubles action, Longacre and Andrew Blumberg had no trouble with Lipstock and Friedman as they posted an 8-1 win at No. 1, while Greenberg and Jason Hanschmann topped Budagov and Daniel Scheinder 8-6 at No. 2. Barrer and Perez, the current CAA Doubles Team of the Week, posted their team leading fifth straight win of the year by defeating Vaughn and Matt Schneider 8-4 at No. 3.
Both the men’s and women’s teams will be back in action Monday when they host Drexel at 2:30 p.m. at the Delaware Field House Tennis Courts.
AGATE:
Men: Delaware def. George Mason, 7-0
Singles: No. 1: Nolan Greenberg (UD) def. Anastas Budagov (GMU) 6-1, 6-1; No. 2: Austin Longacre (UD) def. Daniel Scheinder (GMU) 6-1, 6-3; No. 3: Matt Leibman (UD) def. Jordan Lipstock (GMU) 6-2, 6-4; No. 4: Sam Barrer (UD) def. Jay Friedman (GMU) 6-0, 6-3; No. 5: Jon Schwartz (UD) def. Matthew Vaughn (GMU) 7-5, 6-1; No. 6: Camilo Perez (UD) def. Martin Brown (GMU) 6-0, 6-4.
Doubles: No. 1: Andrew Blumberg/Longacre (UD) def. Lipstock/Friedman (GMU) 8-1; No. 2: Greenberg/Jason Hanschmann (UD) def. Budagov/M. Scheinder (GMU) 8-6; No. 3: Barrer/Perez (UD) def. Vaughn/Matt Schneider (GMU) 8-4.
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