April 2, 2000

WORCESTER, MA - Lafayette men's tennis extended its overall record to 2-1 with a 6-1 defeat of host Holy Cross today.

The Leopards swept the doubles portion of the meet, as Dan Seward coupled with H'Cone Thompson to avenge Seward's loss at #2 singles to Colin Blair, Lafayette's only loss on the day, with an 8-0 drubbing at #2 doubles.

Arturo Pereira rebounded from a 2-6 first set loss to win, 2-6, 6-1, 7-5. Every other Lafayette player swept in two sets.

Final Match Results

Singles

#1 H'Cone Thompson (LC) def. Gerry Benedicto 6-3, 6-1

#2 Colin Blair (HC) def. Dan Seward 6-4, 6-4

#3 Adrien Smith-Mansky (LC) def. Jaime Linden 6-3, 6-2

#4 Arturo Pereira (LC) def. Rich Roberts 2-6, 6-1, 7-5

#5 Ryan Collins (LC) def. Brian Sullivan 6-2, 6-2

#6 Chris Ginley (LC) def. Diego Gutierrez 6-1, 6-3

Doubles

#1 Smith-Mansky/Pereira (LC) def. Benedicto/Blair 8-2

#2 Seward/Thompson (LC) def. Linden/Tom Kunz 8-0

#3 Collins/Colin Feehan (LC) def. Roberts/Sullivan 8-4