Oct. 12, 2001

PHILADELPHIA (www.lafayette.edu) - The Lafayette men's tennis team closed out the fall duel match season with a perfect 6-0 record as they downed La Salle 6-1 today in Philadelphia.

The Leopards' lone loss came at No. 1 singles where freshman Matt Coin (Wenonah, N.J./Gateway) suffered his first loss of the season at the hands of La Salle freshman Karim Rahimtoola in three sets, 6-4, 2-6, 1-6.

Lafayette's No. 2 singles player H'Cone Thompson (Washington, D.C./DeMatha) completed his fall regular season by dropping the Explorer's Ryan Gargullo 7-5, 7-6 (2). Thompson improved to 9-0 overall with the win.

Sophomore Mike Durette (Avon, Conn./Suffield Academy) also improved to a perfect 6-0 in fall play as he defeated Andrew Hughes 6-0, 6-4.

The Leopards notched wins by Ryan Collins (Whitehouse Station, N.J./Hunterdon Central Regional), Dan Seward (Doylestown, Pa./Central Bucks West) and Devin Murphy (Ruxton, Md./Boys Latin School) who competed at the No. 3, 4 and six singles spots.

Lafayette (6-0) hopes to ride its momentum going into the Patriot League Flighted Tournament hosted by Lehigh on Oct.13-14. Matches begin at 9 a.m.

Singles:Rank    Player                      Player                  Score#1  Karim Rahimtoola (LU)   def.    Matt Coin (LC)          6-4, 2-6, 1-6#2  H'Cone Thompson (LC)   def.    Ryan Gargullo (LU)  7-5, 7-6 (2)#3  Ryan Collins (LC)    def.    Sajeel Qureshi (LU) 6-4, 6-2#4  Dan Seward (LC)            def.    Ron Gargullo (LU)   6-0, 6-4#5  Mike Durette (LC)    def.    Andrew Hughes (LU)  6-0, 6-4#6  Devin Murphy (LC)    def.    Matthew Heyse (LU)  6-7 (5), 6-4, (10-8)
Doubles:#1  Seward/Thompson (LC)    def.    Rahimtoola/Sajeel Qureshi (LU)  8-5#2  Collins/Durette (LC)    def.    Heyse/Philip Telan (LU) 8-4#3  Murphy/Coin (LC)    def.    Gargullo/Gargullo   8-3