April 21, 2001

HAMILTON, N.Y. (www.lafayette.edu) - The Lafayette men's tennis team traveled to Hamilton, N.Y., this weekend in the hopes of capturing the Patriot League title at the conference championships but the Leopards fell, 4-1, to the hosting Red Raiders of Colgate in the quarterfinals.

Sophomore Ryan Collins (Whitehouse Station, N.J./Hunterdon Central Regional) was the lone Leopard to pick up a singles win as he defeated Andrew Davis, 6-4, 6-4, in No. 3 doubles. Collins improved to 16-4 on the year.

H'Cone Thompson (Washington, D.C./DeMatha) and Dan Seward (Doylestown, Pa./Central Bucks West) defeated Eric Saccullo and Evan Paushter, 8-4, in No. 1 doubles but it was not enough to help Lafayette (8-8) get past the Red Raiders.

Singles Results
#1 Eric Sacullo (CU) def. H'Cone Thompson (LC) 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
#2 Josh Cohn (CU) def. Dan Seward (LC) 6-0, 6-1
#3 Ryan Collins (LC) def. Andrew Davis (CU) 6-4, 6-4
#4 Jon Bedard (CU) def. Mike Levey (LC) 6-0, 6-1
#5 JP Johnson (CU) def. Mike Durette (LC) 5-0*DNF
#6 Zander Lowe (CU) def. Devin Murphy (LC) *DNP

Doubles Results
#1 Thompson/Seward (LC) def. Saccullo/Evan Paushter (CU) 8-4
#2 Davis/Bedard (CU) def. Collins/Durette (LC) 8-1
#3 Cohn/Fileti (CU) def. Levey/Murphy (LC) 8-1

*DNF indicatesthat the players did not finish because the result of the contest had already been decided
*DNP indicates tha the players did not play because the result of the contest had already been decided