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Delaware Women’s Tennis has Three-Match Winning Streak Snapped by UMBC
 
DATE: April 10, 2007
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NEWARK, DE -- The University of Delaware women’s tennis team fell 4-3 to UMBC while the Blue Hen men lost to the Retrievers, 5-2, Tuesday afternoon at the Delaware Field House Tennis Courts.

The Delaware women had a three-match winning streak snapped to fall to 7-10 on the year, while the Retriever women improved to 10-4 after winning their fifth straight match. Picking up singles wins for the Hens were Amanda Campbell, Liz Perlow (at right) , and Laura Honig.

Campbell downed Joy Adewumi 6-4, 7-6 (6) at No. 2, while senior Liz Perlow moved into fifth place all-time in career singles victories (53-43) by defeating Pascaline Cette 0-6, 6-4, 7-6 (3) at No. 3. Laura Honig topped Barbara Couto 7-6 (6), 7-6 (4) in a thrilling match at No. 6.

Alice Chen defeated Elena Berry 4-6, 7-6 (4), 7-5 at No. 1 singles for UMBC, while Cornelia Carapcea topped Alexa Dragonette 6-1, 6-7 (3), 6-3 at No. 4. Adriana Fonseca defeated Brittany Barsky 6-4, 6-2 at No. 6.

Chen and Paola Radolfi defeated Campbell and Berry, 8-5, at No. 1 doubles for the Retrievers, while Elizabeth Anderson and Fonseca ended Dragonette and Barsky’s five-match win streak as a team with an 8-3 win at No. 2. Perlow and Julie Schiller picked up the lone Blue Hens win in doubles as the duo defeated Carapcea and Adewumi, 8-7 (6), at No. 3 to pick up their fourth straight win as a team.

The Blue Hen men’s team also had a three-match winning streak snapped as they fall to 6-8 on the year, while UMBC improves to 11-5-1 on the season. Austin Longacre and Jon Schwartz picked up the only Delaware victories on the afternoon. Longacre defeated Chris Meyer 6-4, 6-2 at No. 3 singles, while Schwartz topped Nick Savage-Pollack 2-6, 7-6 (6), 10-8 at No. 5.

UMBC got singles wins from Irfan Shamasdin, David Jackson, Fredi Voorman and Fernando Ferreira. The Retrievers also swept the doubles as Voorman and Savage-Pollack teamed up to defeat Longacre and Andrew Blumberg 8-3 at No. 1, while Jackson and Shamasdin downed Jason Hanschmann and Greenberg 8-2 at No. 2. Barrer and Perez saw their team-high six-match doubles winning streak come to an end as they fell to Meyer and Ferreira 8-6.

The men will be back in action Friday when they host UNC Wilmington at 9 a.m. at the Delaware Field House Tennis Courts. The women will resume CAA play Saturday when they take on Hofstra at 3 p.m. at home.

AGATE:

Women: UMBC def. Delaware, 4-3

Singles: No. 1: Alice Chen (UMBC) def. Elena Barry (UD) 4-6, 7-6 (4), 7-5; No. 2: Amanda Campbell (UD) def. Joy Adewumi (UMBC) 6-4, 7-6 (6); No. 3: Liz Perlow (UD) def. Pascaline Cette (UMBC) 0-6, 6-4, 7-6 (3); No. 4: Cornelia Carapcea (UMBC) def. Alexa Dragonette (UD) 6-1, 6-7(3), 6-3; No. 5: Adriana Fonseca (UMBC) def. Brittany Barsky (UD) 6-4, 6-2; No. 6: Laura Honig (UD) def. Barbara Couto (UMBC) 7-6(6), 7-6(4)

Doubles: No. 1: Chen/Paola Radolfi (UMBC) def. Campbell/Berry (UD) 8-5; No. 2: Elizabeth Anderson/Fonseca (UMBC) def. Dragonette/Barsky (UD) 8-3; No. 3: Perlow/Julie Schiller (UD) def. Carapcea/Adewumi (UMBC) 8-7(6)

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