April 5, 2001

VILLANOVA, Pa. (www.lafayette.edu) - The Lafayette men's tennis team saw its two-game winning streak disappear as it fell to Villanova, 5-2, on Thursday.

H'Cone Thompson (Washington, D.C./DeMatha) won his No. 1 singles match over Brad Adams, 6-4, 7-5, to improve to 9-7 overall this year. Ryan Collins (Whitehouse Station, N.Y./Hunterdon Central Regional) beat A.J. Rohde, 6-3, 3-6 (7), in No. 3 singles action.

Collins and Mike Durette (Avon, Conn./Suffield Academy) teamed up to win the No. 2 doubles match but it was not enough for the Leopards to get by the Wildcats in Philadelphia.

Lafayette is now 5-7 on the season.

The Leopards head back home to host St. Joseph's at 3:00 on Friday

Singles Results
#1 H'Cone Thompson (LC) def. Brad Adams (VU) 6-4, 7-5
#2 Josh Schofield (VU) def. Dan Seward (LC) 6-2, 6-2
#3 Ryan Collins (LC) def. A.J. Rohde (VU) 6-3, 3-6 (7)
#4 Ryan Devine (VU) def. Mike Levey (LC) 6-0, 6-1
#5 Paul Moore (VU) def. Mike Durette (LC) 6-2, 6-4
#6 John Toppe (VU) def. Devin Murphy (LC) 6-3, 6-1

Doubles Results
#1 Schofield/Casey Simmons (VU) def. Seward/Thompson (LC) 8-0
#2 Collins/Durette (LC) def. Devine/Adams (VU) 8-3
#3 Toppe/Rohde (VU) def. Levey/Murphy (LC) 8-2