Oct. 2, 2001

LANCASTER, Pa. (www.lafayette.edu) - The Lafayette men's tennis team traveled to Lancaster, Pa. to take on non-conference opponent Franklin & Marshall and came away with a 7-0 sweep of the Diplomats.

The Leopards failed to drop a single set as they extend their winning streak to three with the win.

Lafayette got straight set wins from its top four singles spots including freshman Matt Coin (Wenonah, N.J./Gateway), co-captain H'Cone Thompson (Washington, D.C./DeMatha), junior Ryan Collins (Whitehouse Station, N.J./Hunterdon Central Regional) and junior co-captain Dan Seward (Doylestown, Pa./Central Bucks West).

Rounding out the top six was No. 5 Mike Durette (Avon, Conn./Suffield Academy) and No. 6 Devin Murphy (Buxton, Md./Boys Latin School) who defeated F&M's Dan Lindenberg and John Cooperman in straight sets.

Lafayette doubles teams of Thompson/Seward, Collins/Durette and Coin/Murphy also picked up wins on the afternoon.

The Leopards (3-0) return to action on Thursday when they play host to St. Peter's in non-conference action at 3:00.

Singles: Rank    Player                       Player                 Score#1  Matt Coin (LC)          def.    Steve Emkey (F&M)   6-0, 6-1#2  H'Cone Thompson (LC)   def.    Manav Patniak (F&M) 6-3, 6-3#3  Ryan Collins (LC)    def.    Alex Chester (F&M)  6-3, 6-1#4  Dan Seward (LC)            def.    Tony Hamad (F&M)    6-0, 6-2#5  Mike Durette (LC)    def.    Dan Lindenberg (F&M)    7-5, 6-4#6  Devin Murphy (LC)    def.    John Cooperman (F&M)    6-1, 6-1
Doubles: #1  Seward/Thompson (LC)    def.    Emkey/Patniak (F&M) 8-5#2  Collins/Durette (LC)    def.    Chester/Hamad (F&M) 8-0#3  Murphy/Coin (LC)    def.    Lindenberg/Cooperman (F&M)8-0