Delaware
Men's Tennis Wins Third Straight with 6-3
Victory Over Webber
DATE:
March 29, 2005
BABSON
PARK, FL -- The University of Delaware
men's and women's tennis teams each picked
up easy victories over host Webber
International Tuesday afternoon with the
UD women winning 9-0 and the Blue Hen
taking a 6-3 verdict.
The
Delaware men, who increased their winning
streak to three matches, improved to 2-0
during their spring break trip to Florida
and 7-2 overall while the UD women moved
to 1-1 during the trip and 11-2 overall
with the victories over NCAA Division II
Webber. The Delaware women downed Webber
(2-9) for the second straight year while
the UD men downed Webber (9-9) for the
first time since 1989 after six straight
losses.
The
Delaware women's victory gave Blue Hen
head coach Laura Travis her 150th career
victory. The former Blue Hen standout is
now 150-109 in her 13th season at the
helm.
The
Blue Hen women won all nine matches to
posts their sixth shutout of the season,
receiving singles victories from Susan
Pollack, Liz Perlow, Sari Shuster, Alexa
Dragonette, and Katie Miller. Webber
forfeited the No. 6 singles match. In
doubles, Delaware's teams of Pollack and
Dragonette won at the No. 1 spot and
Miller and Brittany Barsky won at the No.
2 spot. Webber also forfeited at the No. 3
doubles position.
Pollack
and Perlow each improved to 16-4 on the
season in singles while Shuster improved
to 15-4, Dragonette improved to 7-3, and
Miller moved her mark to 9-3.
On
the men's side, Delaware got singles
victories Adam Liebman at No. 2, Josh
Ditman at No. 3, Jesse Carl at No. 4, and
Jason Hanschman at No. 6. Hanschman (12-4)
won his team-high 12th singles match of
the season while Ditman improved to 9-3
and Carl improved to 8-5.
In
doubles action, Delaware got wins from
Sammy Carl and Philip Wayne at the No. 2
spot and from Ditman and Jonathan Schwartz
at the No. 3 spot. Carl and Wayne
improved to 9-1 on the season.
AGATE:
Men:
Delaware def. Webber International,
6-3
Singles:
Enrique Catter, W, def. John Tully,
6-2, 6-4; Adam Liebman, D, def. Christophe
Bonadona, 7-6, 1-6, 6-6 (Ret.); Josh
Ditman, D, def. Yuiti Lopes 6-4, 7-6;
Jesse Carl, D, def. Nico Jungkind, 6-3,
6-4; Cody Wright, W, def. Robert Wirth,
7-6, 5-7 (10-7); Jason Hanschman, D, def.
Leigh Griffiths, 6-1, 6-2.
Doubles:
Catter-Bonadona, W, def. J.
Carl-Hanschman, 8-5; Sammy Carl-Phil
Wayne, D, def. Lopez-Wright 8-4;
Ditman-Jonathan Schwartz, D, def. Matias
Alderete-Griffiths, 8-1.
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