Sept. 28, 2001

WEST LONG BRANCH, N.J. (www.lafayette.edu) - The Lafayette men's tennis team improves to a perfect 3-0 after sweeping Monmouth 7-0 in West Long Branch, N.J. this afternoon. The Leopards failed to drop a set to Monmouth who falls to 1-2 on the season.

Freshman Matt Coin (Wenonah, N.J./Gateway) and junior H'Cone Thompson (Washington, D.C./DeMatha) played No. 1 and 2 singles for Lafayette and defeated their Hawk counterparts 6-2, 7-5 and 6-0, 6-2 respectively.

Junior Ryan Collins (Whitehouse Station, N.J./Hunterdon Central Regional) and junior co-captain Dan Seward (Doylestown, Pa./Central Bucks West) competed at No. 3 and 4 singles for the Leopards. Collins won 6-1, 6-1 while Seward took home the win by a score of 6-1, 6-0.

No. 5 and 6 singles positions were filled by sophomores Mike Durette (Avon, Conn./Suffield Academy) and Devin Murphy (Buxton, Md./Boys Latin School) who both came home with wins. Durette downed his Hawk opponent 6-1, 6-2 while Murphy won 7-5, 6-4.

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 Oct. 2 when they travel to Lancaster, Pa. to take on non-conference opponent Franklin & Marshall at 3:30.

Singles:Rank    Player                      Player                  Score#1  Matt Coin (LC)          def.    Chad Long (MU)          6-2, 7-5#2  H'Cone Thompson (LC)   def.    Ali Gilak (MU)          6-0, 6-2#3  Ryan Collins (LC)    def.    Brian Connolly (MU) 6-1, 6-1#4  Dan Seward (LC)            def.    Chris Doyle (MU)    6-1, 6-0#5  Mike Durette (LC)    def.    Mike Kreig (MU)         6-1, 6-2#6  Devin Murphy (LC)    def.    Jan Humphreys (MU)  7-5, 6-4
Doubles:#1  Seward/Thompson (LC)    def.    Gilak/Connolly (MU) 8-4#2  Collins/Durette (LC)    def.    Long/Doyle (MU)         8-1#3  Murphy/Coin (LC)    def.    Kreig/Humphreys (MU)    8-3