March 7, 2002

NEWARK, Del. (www.lafayette.edu) - The Lafayette men's tennis team opened the spring season with a 5-2 loss to Delaware on Thursday in Newark, Del.

Freshman Matt Coin (Wenonah, N.J./Gateway) continues a succesful rookie season with a 6-4, 6-2 win at No. 1 singles, while junior Ryan Collins (Whitehouse Station, N.J./Hunterdon Central Regional) picked up a win at No. 3 singles with a 6-2, 6-4 victory.

Lafayette's No. 2 singles player H'Cone Thompson (Washington, D.C./DeMatha) dropped a three-set match to Delaware's John Tully, 6-4, 4-6, 7-5.

Sophomore Devin Murphy (Ruxton, Md./Boys Latin School), freshman John Zazzu (Belle Mead, N.J./Montgomery) and senior co-captain Mike Levey (Pine Brook, N.J./Montville) dropped matches at the No. 3, 4 and 5 singles spots.

Coin/Thompson fell No. 1 doubles, 8-5, while Collins/Zazzu and Murphy/Brian Shubert fell to the Blue Hens at No. 2 and 3 doubles.

Lafayette (6-1) returns to action on Saturday in a Patriot League tri-meet versus Army and Holy Cross in West Point, N.Y.

Singles:
Rank    Player                          Player                  Score#1  Matt Coin (LC)          def.    Sanjay Khindri (UD)     6-4, 6-2#2  John Tully (UD)         def.    H'Cone Thompson (LC)    6-4, 4-6, 7-5#3  Ryan Collins (LC)       def. Robert Wirth (UD)       6-2, 6-4#4  Dustin Lewis (UD)       def.    Devin Murphy (LC)       6-4, 6-3#5  David Mouber (UD)       def.    John Zazzu (LC)         6-3, 6-0#6  Ari Zweig (UD)          def.    Mike Levey (LC)         6-2, 6-0
Doubles:
#1  Khindri/Tully (UD)  def.    Coin/Thompson (LC)      8-5#2  Wirth/Sean Kelly (UD)   def.    Collins/Zazzu (LC)  9-8 (6)#3  Mouber/Zweig (UD)       def.    Murphy/Schubert (LC)    8-5