8:30 a.m., April 23, 2008--Sophomore Austin Longacre broke a longstanding school record for singles wins in a season and freshman Chris Hincker established a new standard for singles wins by a freshman as the University of Delaware men's and women's tennis teams closed out the 2007-08 season with twin 5-2 victories over host Bucknell University on Tuesday afternoon in Lewisburg, Pa.

Longacre defeated Bucknell's Ira Reibeisen 6-1, 6-2 at No. 1 singles for his 22nd victory of the year, breaking Jon Zolin's 34-year-old UD record. UD junior Nolan Greenberg defeated Ryan Sandburg 6-4, 6-3 at No. 2 singles and sophomore Sam Barrer defeated Zach Hascoe 6-2, 6-0 at No. 3. Hincker defeated Jonathan Brenner 6-1, 6-3 at No. 4 singles to set a new UD freshman mark with 19 victories on the year.

UD senior Jonathan Schwartz ended his career with a 6-3, 7-5 setback to Mark Malloy at No. 5 singles. Schwartz finished his career with 51 singles wins, tied for third on the school's all-time list. Sophomore No. 6 Camilo Perez defeated Ben Young 6-3, 6-1 at No. 6

Bucknell took two of three doubles matches from the Blue Hens to earn the doubles point. Barrer and Perez notched the only UD win, defeating Brenner and Anton Kovic 8-3 at No. 2.

With the victory, the UD men's team finished the season with a record of 10-7, its best since the 2004-05 campaign.

In women's action, senior Susan Pollack, one of the most decorated players in the history of Delaware tennis, dropped a hard-fought 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 decision to Bucknell's Tania Varela in the final match of her collegiate career. The two-time All-Colonial Athletic Association selection finished her career with 67 singles wins, fourth-most in school history, and a UD record 69 doubles victories. Just as impressive, she played every singles match of her four-year career at No. 1.

At No. 2 singles, freshman Courtney Fenimore defeated Lauren Lucido 6-0, 6-2 and at No. 3 sophomore Elena Berry defeated Carlin Calcaterra 6-1, 6-0. Junior Amanda Campbell defeated Dara Dwojewski 7-6 (7-3), 6-1 at No. 4 singles and senior Alexa Dragonette fell 1-6, 7-5, 10-8 to Lauren Rottkamp in No. 5. Dragonette ranks sixth in Delaware history with 58 career singles wins, while her 60 doubles victories place her second all-time behind only Pollack. UD freshman Ivana Petrich defeated Renee Weissend 6-1, 6-0 at No. 6.

Berry and Campbell defeated Calcaterra and Paulina Gamboa 8-1 at No. 2 doubles, while Dragonette and Petrich defeated Dwojewski and Caitlin Baffa 9-7 at No. 3 doubles.

With the win, the Blue Hen women's team ended the season at 12-3, its best record since going 17-1 in 1997.

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