.jpg) Delaware
Men's Tennis Closes Florida Trip with 6-1
Setback to Stetson
DATE:
March 31, 2005
DELAND, FL
-- The University of Delaware men's tennis
team picked up wins from John Tully
(right) in singles and from the doubles
team of Philip Wayne and Sammy Carl but
dropped a 6-1 non-league decision to host
Stetson in the final match of its annual
spring break trip to Florida.
The Blue
Hens, who went 3-1 for the trip, had a
four-match win streak snapped to fall to
8-3 on the season. Delaware, which lost
for the first time since March 13, will
return to action this Sunday, April 3 at
home vs. Bucknell. Stetson improved to
15-4 with the victory.
Tully
posted a victory over Stetson's Marcus
Echtler at the No. 1 singles spot, posting
a 6-3 win in the first set and going up
4-2 in the second set before Echtler
retired. Tully improved to 12-9 on the
season and won his 54th career singles
match, moving him to within three of the
Delaware career record of 57 set by Jon
Zolin in 1971-75.
Also
winning for the Blue Hens Thursday was the
No. 3 doubles team of Wayne and Sammy
Carl, who posted a 9-7 win over Ben Adrian
and Brian Coyle. The Delaware tandem won
its ninth straight match and improved to
11-1 on the season.
In the
other singles matches, Delaware's Adam
Liebman lost 6-1, 6-0 to Joey Jones at No.
2, Josh Ditman fell to Mario Alberto Cayo
6-0, 6-1 at the No. 3 spot, Jesse Carl
fell to Thomas Bross 6-2, 7-5 at No. 4,
Robert Wirth dropped a 6-2, 6-3 verdict to
Christian Moe at No. 5, and Jason
Hanschman was defeated 6-1, 7-6 (7-5) by
Trevor Bach at the No. 6 spot. Hanschman
fell to 13-5 on the season as he and
Ditman each had four-match win streaks
snapped.
In the
other doubles matches, Echtler and Bach
posted an 8-5 win over Tully and Wirth at
No. 1 and Jones and Bross downed Jesse
Carl and Hanschman 8-3 at the No. 2 spot.
Carl and Hanschman had a four-match win
streak snapped and fell to 10-4 on the
year.
AGATE:
Stetson
def. Delaware, 6-1
Singles:
John Tully, D, def. Marcus Echtler, 6-3,
4-2 (retired); Joey Jones, S, def. Adam
Liebman, 6-1, 6-0; Mario Alberto Cayo, S,
def. Josh Ditman, 6-0, 6-1; Thomas Bross,
S, def. Jesse Carl, 6-2, 7-5; Christian
Moe, S, def. Robert Wirth, 6-2, 6-3;
Trevor Bach, S, def. Jason Hanschman, 6-1,
7-6 (7-5).
Doubles:
Echtler-Bach, S, def. Tully-Wirth, 8-5;
Jones-Bross, S, def. J. Carl-Hanschman,
8-3; Philip Wayne-Sammy Carl, D, def. Ben
Adrian-Brian Coyle, 9-7.
- DDD
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