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UD tennis players compete in regionals 9:22 a.m., Oct. 26, 2004--The top University of Delaware men’s doubles team of senior John Tully and junior Robert Wirth won two matches and advanced to the round of 16 in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) regional tournament held last weekend at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Va. Tully and Wirth competed in doubles and Tully competed in singles at the northeast regional event. Also, freshman Susan Pollack and sophomore Sari Shuster competed in the ITA women’s regional event held at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. The two teamed in doubles play and Pollack competed in singles. Tully and Wirth opened play Friday with an 8-3 first round win over Hofstra University’s Jong Won Cha and Luke Djordjevic. On Saturday, they defeated Justin McConkey and Walter Garcia of Niagara University 8-5 to advance to the round of 16. The UD team was eliminated on Sunday, falling 8-2 to Akshay Rao and Scott Robbin of Columbia University. Tully opened singles play Friday with a 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 first round win over Tas Tobias of the University of Pennsylvania before falling to No. 11 seed Mark Barry of Pennsylvania State University by a 6-4, 6-0 score in the second round on Saturday. Tully now has 51 career victories, which moves him into a tie for second place in the UD record books with Ken Dill (1978-82) and Ira Bernstein (1995-99). Pollack fell to Virginia Tech’s J.J. Larson by a score of 6-2, 6-4 in the first round Saturday. She finished 11-2 on the fall season. Pollack and Shuster, UD’s top doubles team, dropped their opening round match to No. 4 seed Candice Fuchs and Megan Moulton-Levy of the College of William and Mary on Saturday. They lost by an 8-2 score. To learn how to subscribe to UDaily, click here. |
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