April 26, 2002

Fairleigh Dickinson Men's Tennis Advances to Semis of NEC Championship
Women fall to UMBC in quarterfinals.

W. Windsor, N.J. - The Fairleigh Dickinson University men's and women's tennis teams were in action at the 2002 NEC Championships on Friday.  The men's squad, the number two seed, rolled past number seven Central Connecticut State by a score of 4-0 in the quarterfinals and will meet number six Wagner in the semifinals on Saturday. On the women's side, the eight-seeded Knights defeated number nine St. Francis (NY), 4-1 in an outbracket match, before falling 4-0 to top-seeded UMBC.

Women's Results: #8 FDU  4, #9 SFNY  1
Singles
#1 Lorena Para (FDU) def. JoAnneyre McNeil (SFNY)  6-1, 6-0
#2 Maris Puga (FDU) def. Denyse Lucero (SFNY)  6-0, 6-1
#3 Elina Magid (FDU) vs. Yadira Ramos (SFNY), Match Halted
#4 Katerina Perlove (FDU) vs. Julie Acuff (SFNY), Match Halted
#5 Andrea Browne (SFNY) def. Emily Vail (FDU) 6-0, 6-3
#6 Cathleen Ferris (FDU) def. Lauren Baiada (SFNY) 6-3, 6-1

Doubles
#1 Puga/Magid (FDU) def. McNeil/Lucero (FDU) 8-0
#2 Parra/Perlova (FDU) def. Ramos/Acuff (SFNY) 8-1
#3 Browne/Baiada (SFNY) def. Ferris Vail (FDU) 8-4

#1 UMBC  4, #8 FDU  0
Singles
#1 Anita Pushpanathan (UMBC) vs. Lorena Parra (FDU), Match Halted
#2 Jana Karaskova (UMBC) vs. Marisa Puga (FDU) Match Halted
#3 Tia Kassalainen (UMBC) vs. Elina Magid (FDU), Match Halted
#4 Lana Khvalina (UMBC) def. Katerina Perlova (FDU) 6-1, 6-0
#5 Aimee Lim (UMBC) def. Emily Vail (FDU) 6-1, 6-0
#6 Kathryn Wheatley (UMBC) def. Cathleen Ferris, 6-1, 6-0

Doubles
#1 Magid/Puga (FDU) vs. Pushpanathan/Karaskova (UMBC) match halted
#2 Kaasalainen/Khvalina (UMBC) def. Parra/Perlova (FDU) 8-2
#3 Lim/Wheatley (UMBC) def. Vail/Ferris (FDU) 8-1

Men's Result #2 FDU 4, #7 CCSU 0
Singles
#1 Alex Sarria (FDU) vs. Chris Markowski (CCSU) Match Halted
#2 Boris Bogdanov (FDU) def. Nathan Gaudreau (CCSU) 6-0, 6-0
#3 George Green (FDU) def. Quin Parkhurst (CCSU)  6-1, 7-5
#4 Dave Wagreich (FDU) vs. Eric Lanzi (CCSU) Match Halted
#5 Angel Rubio (FDU) def. Steve Cucchiarelli (CCSU) 6-0, 6-1
#6 Paul Wawrynek (FDU) vs. Heriberto Rodriguez (CCSU) match halted

Doubles
#1 Sarria/Green (FDU) vs. Gaudreau/Parkhurst (CCSU) match halted
#2 Bogdanov/Rubio (FDU) def. Markowski/Lanzi (CCSU) 8-4
#3 Wawrynek/Wagreich (FDU) def. Cucciarelli/Rodriguez 8-5

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