Photo Courtesy of Ed Davis

BETHLEHEM, Pa. – The University of Delaware men’s and women’s tennis teams traveled to Lehigh University to blank the Mountain Hawks on both behaves, 7-0, at the Ulrich Tennis Courts on Thursday afternoon.

The UD men’s team improved to 3-4 overall and the women’s team to 5-1 overall, while the Mountain Hawks fell to 5-5 overall and 1-7 overall, respectively.

Delaware was led by senior Austin Longacre at No. 1 singles in edging Lehigh’s Troy List, 6-4, 6-7, 7-9, 13-11. Longacre improved to 12-2 at No. 1 singles while junior Gokay Celik tallied a 6-1 No. 2 record by defeating Collin Laffey, 5-7, 6-2, 10-5.

Sophomore Courtney Scott secured a victory over Leland Richardson in straight sets, 6-2, 6-1, at the No. 3 spot, while junior Chris Hincker stole the game from Ryan Krueger in fine fashion, 6-1, 6-0 at No. 4 singles. In No. 5 action, sophomore Andre Vorobyov cruised past Andrew Krentz, 6-2, 7-6, 7-2, and senior Sam Barrer closed out the singes sweep by defeating Matt Finck, 6-1, 6-0, in No. 6 action.

The Blue Hens collected the doubles point with a 3-0 doubles mark. Longacre and Celik teamed to defeat List and Laffey, 8-5, in No. 1 action, and Vorobyov and Barrer gathered a tight 8-7, 7-2, victory over Cameron Silbert and Arnaldo Pacheco in No. 3 doubles. Scott and Hincker were awarded the No. 2 victory after retiring the match at 3-2 due to injury.

The women’s team also garnered the doubles point with a 3-0 doubles performance. Senior Elena Berry and junior Montse Ripoll defeated Julie Arthofer and Liz Piscitelli, 8-5, in No. 1 action, while junior Megan Doran and sophomore Samantha Carnall blanked the Mountain Hawks’ Stacey Reich and Patti Muething, 8-2, at the No. 2 spot. Freshman Amanda Halstrom and junior Samantha Mueller closed out the day’s doubles action with an 8-6 victory over Kiera Murasko-Blank and Abbey Perl in No. 3 action.

Doran (at right) led the Blue Hens in the No. 1 singles match by blanking Piscitelli, 6-1, 6-0, while Berry captured the No. 2 match over Reich, 6-2, 6-4. Ripoll improved to 9-1 on the season with a 6-0, 6-0 No. 3 singles ace of Muething. Carnall won the No. 4 match, 6-1, 6-0, over Perl, while Halstrom took the No. 5 match over Isabel Breit in similar fashion, 6-1, 6-0. Mueller finished the day defeating Lehigh’s Gena Levengood, 6-2, 6-3, in No. 6 singles action.

The Hens return to the court on March 20 when they travel to George Mason for a 1 p.m. match. The match will tip-off Delaware’s 2010 Colonial Athletic Association play.

AGATE:

Men: Delaware defeats Lehigh, 7-0

Singles - No. 1: Austin Longacre DEL def. Troy List LEHIGH, 6-4, 6-7, 7-9, 13-11; No. 2: Gokay Celik DEL def. Collin Laffey LEHIGH, 5-7, 6-2, 10-5; No. 3: Courtney Scott DEL def. Leland Richardson LEHIGH, 6-2, 6-1; No. 4: Chris Hincker DEL def. Ryan Krueger LEHIGH, 6-1, 6-0; No. 5: Andre Vorobyov DEL def. Andrew Krentz LEHIGH, 6-2, 7-6, 7-2; No. 6: Sam Barrer DEL def. Matt Finck LEHIGH, 6-1, 6-0.

Doubles - No. 1: Austin Longacre/Gokay Celik DEL def. Troy List/Collin Laffey LEHIGH, 8-5; No. 2: Courtney Scott/Chris Hincker DEL def. Leland Richardson/Matt Savran LEHIGH, 3-2 retirement; No. 3: Andre Vorobyov/Sam Barrer DEL def. Cameron Silbert/Arnaldo Pacheco LEHIGH, 8-7, 7-2.

Women: Delaware defeats Lehigh, 7-0

Singles - No. 1: Megan Doran DEL def. Liz Piscitelli LEHIGH, 6-1, 6-0; No. 2: Elena Berry DEL def. Stacey Reich LEHIGH, 6-2, 6-4; No. 3: Montse Ripoll DEL def. Patricia Muething LEHIGH, 6-0, 6-0 ; No. 4: Samantha Carnall DEL def. Abbey Perl LEHIGH, 6-1, 6-0; No. 5: Amanda Halstrom DEL def. Isabel Breit LEHIGH, 6-1, 6-0; No. 6: Kristen Mueller DEL def. Gena Levengood LEHIGH, 6-2, 6-3.

Doubles - No. 1: Elena Berry/Montse Ripoll DEL def. Julie Arthofer/Liz Piscitelli LEHIGH, 8-5; No. 2: Megan Doran/Samantha Carnall DEL def. Stacey Reich/Patti Muething LEHIGH, 8-2; No. 3: Amanda Halstrom/Samantha Mueller DEL def. Kiera Murasko-Blank/Abbey Perl LEHIGH, 8-6.