Oct. 12, 2000

EASTON, Pa. (www.lafayette.edu) - The Lafayette men's tennis team cruised to a 7-0 victory over La Salle Thursday at Sullivan Courts as the team continues its fall slate.

The Leopards (2-1) won five of six singles matches in straight sets and won all three doubles matches. Ryan Collins (Whitehouse Station, N.J./Hunterdon Central Regional) continued his dominance of the competition this fall with a 6-0, 6-1 win over Philip Telan as the No. 3 singles seed. Teammate Dan Seward (Doylestown, Pa./Central Bucks West) rolled to a 6-0, 6-0 victory over Matt Heyse at the No. 2 spot.

The Explorers fell to 0-3 in the match as the Leopards now look forward to its meeting at St. Peter's on Oct. 18.

Singles Results
#1 H'Cone Thompson (LC) def. Ryan Gargullo (LU) 6-0, 6-1
#2 Dan Seward (LC) def. Matt Heyse (LU) 6-0, 6-0
#3 Ryan Collins (LC) def. Philip Telan (LU) 6-0, 6-1
#4 Mike Levey (LC) def. Peter Daly (LU) 6-0, 6-0
#5 Mike Durette (LC) def. J. Moffet (LU) 6-2, 2-6, 6-4
#6 Devin Murphy (LC) def. Ryan Fernald (LU) 6-0, 6-0

Doubles Results
#1 Seward/Thompson (LC) def. Heyse/Telan (LU) 8-0
#2 Collins/Durette (LC) def. Gargullo/Moffet (LU) 8-2
#3 Levey/Murphy (LC) def. Daly/Fernald (LU) 8-1