March 22, 2000

PHILADELPHIA, PA - Lafayette began its season the right way, taking five of six singles matches en route to a 5-1 win over St. Joseph's.

The match was called early due to darkness, precluding the teams from playing the doubles portion of the match.

Four of six matches went the three set maximum, but five of the Leopards' six singles players outlasted their St. Joe's counterparts. One exception was a dominating effort turned in by Ryan Collins, who took the tiebreaker in the first set, 7-6 (7-2) and then went on to shut out his opponent, Pat Mulvaney, in the second, 6-0.

Final Lafayette Results

#1 - H'Cone Thompson (LC) def. Leo Barbosa (StJ) 6-3, 4-6, 6-3

#2 - Dan Seward (LC) def. Thom Hoshal (StJ) 6-2, 4-6, 6-2

#3 - Adrian Smith-Mansky (LC) def. Damen Dennin (StJ) 6-4, 6-1

#4 - Shawn Fahrok (StJ) def. Mike Levy (LC) 6-4, 4-6, 6-1

#5 - Arturo Pereira (LC) def. Marc Spyrzynski (StJ) 6-4, 4-6, 6-1

#6 - Ryan Collins (LC) def. Pat Mulvaney (StJ) 7-6 (7-2), 6-0