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Blue Hen tennis teams sweep Drexel matches

10:38 a.m., April 19, 2004--The University of Delaware tennis teams closed out the regular season with joint 7-0 victories over Drexel University on Sunday afternoon at the Delaware Field House courts.

The UD men improved to 11-10 overall and 3-2 in Colonial Athletic Association with their second straight victory while the women improved to 9-9 overall and 4-2 in the conference.

The Fightin’ Blue Hens will compete at the CAA championships to be played April 22-25 at the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Va.

Against Drexel, the UD men won all six singles matches in straight sets, winning 73 of the 92 games, and swept the three doubles matches.

UD got singles wins from John Tully at No. 1, Sanjay Khindri at No. 2, Adam Liebman at No. 3, Josh Ditman at No. 4, Ari Zweig at No. 5 and Philip Wayne at No. 6. Earning doubles wins were the teams of Tully and Khindri, Ditman and Zweig, and Wayne and Jon Edwards.

Tully improved to a team-leading 17-8 on the season in singles, just four wins shy of the school record for wins in a season.

Khindri improved to 13-12 on the season and earned his 40th career victory, while Wayne won his fourth straight match to improve to 8-4. Khindri and Tully are now 10-9 in singles play.

The UD women also swept the six singles matches in straight sets, winning 72 of 84 games. Sari Shuster won at No. 1, Liz Perlow at No. 3, Marissa Singer at No. 3, Jamie deGraffenreid at No. 4, Beth Principe at No. 5 and Stefanie Riddle at No. 6.

Singer won her fourth straight match, and Riddle improved to a team-leading 14-7.

Earning doubles wins were the teams of Shuster and deGraffenreid, Perlow and Singer, and Principe and Julia Shapiro.

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