Sept. 22, 2000

The Lafayette women's fall tennis team improved its record to 4-0 Thursday with a 6-1 win at La Salle. Leopard coach Barbara Young celebrated her 297th career victory with the rout of the Explorers.

The Leopards (4-0) swept the Explorers (0-3) in doubles competition and dropped just one singles match in the victory. Sophomore Lily Fardshisheh (Potomac, Md./Holton Arms) continued her unbeaten streak this fall with a 6-3, 6-0 win over La Salle's Lindsay Belcher in the No. 2 singles match. Sophomore Shannon Rowe (Winchester, Mass./Winchester) cruised to a 6-0, 6-0 win in No. 3 singles and teamed with Fardshisheh in No. 1 doubles for the 8-2 win..

Lafayette hits the road Sunday to take on Rider in a match at 11 a.m.

Singles Results

#1 Megan Donahue (LU) def. Meghan Rowe (LC) 6-3, 6-2

#2 Lily Fardshisheh (LC) def. Lindsay Belcher (LU) 6-3, 6-0

#3 Shannon Rowe (LC) def. Debbie Blissick (LU) 6-0, 6-0

#4 Felicia Turturiello (LC)def. Katie Rafter (LU) 6-1, 6-0

#5 Monika Serrano (LC) def. Kate Erickson (LU) 6-1, 6-0

#6 Ali Kelley (LC) def. Karen Toner (LU) 6-0, 6-0

Doubles Results

#1 Fardishisheh/S. Rowe (LC) def. Donahue/Blissick (LU) 8-2

#2 M. Rowe/Turturiello (LC) def. Hess/Erickson (LU) 8-3

#3 Gibbons/Sayed (LC) def. Belcher/Rafter (LU) 8-5