NCAA DIVISION II TENNIS EAST REGIONALS
Kutztown Blanks FPC, 5-0

ALLENTOWN, Pa. (May 3, 2002) - The Franklin Pierce University
fell to Kutztown University, the #1 seed in the East Region, 5-0 at the NCAA Division II East Regional at West End Racquet Club this afternoon. Kutztown jumped out to the early lead, winning all of its doubles matches.

Alok Bhide (Pune, India) and Guillermo Ramos defeated FPC's Darko Minic (Belgrade, Yugoslavia/XII Belgrade Gimnasium) and Maciej Szpakowski (Cutchougue, N.Y./Mattituck), 8-1, at #1 doubles to lead off the afternoon.

Johannes Wingerter recorded a two set shutout over junior Michael Hoffner (Wantagh, N.Y./Wantagh) at #2 doubles after an 8-4 win at #2 doubles with teammate Mukundan Nandakumar (Chennai, India).

Gustavo Boratto also posted a 6-0, 6-0 win in his singles match after posting an 8-1 win at #3 doubles with partner Velmurugan Annamalai.

Kutztown advances to the East Region finals, where it will play #3 Concordia (N.Y.) University at noon. Concordia upset second-seeded Millersville University, 5-4, in Friday's other semifinal. The winner of tomorrow's second round earns a trip to the NCAA Championships in Kansas City, Mo. on May 9-12.

FP
closes out the 2002 season with a 15-12 record overall, 10-2 in Conference play. The trip to the East Regional marked FPC's first NCAA Tournament berth in program history.

Singles	Winner	Set 1	Set 2
Darko Minic (FPC) vs. Mukundan Nandakumar (KU)	--	4-3	DNF
Michael Hoffner (FPC) vs. Johannes Wingerter (KU)	KU	6-0	6-0
Ricky Sanford (FPC) vs. Alok Bhide (KU)	--	5-3	DNF
Matt Szpakowski (FPC) vs. Velmurugan Annamalai (KU)	--	6-0	3-0 DNF
Art Shannon (FPC) vs. Guillermo Ramos (KU)	--	5-4	DNF
Ryan Jones (FPC) vs. Gustavo Borato (KU)	KU	6-0	6-0

Doubles	Winner	Set
Minic/Szpakowski (FPC) vs. Bhide/Ramos (KU)	KU	8-1
Hoffner/Sanford (FPC) vs. Nandakumar/Wingerter (KU)	KU	8-4
Shannon/Teague (FPC) vs. Boratto/Annamalai (KU)	KU	8-1