FP
Drops Heartbreaker to Pace, 5-4
PLEASANTVILLE,
N.Y. (March 10, 2002) - The Franklin Pierce University
men's tennis team fell to top-ranked Pace University, 5-4,
in Northeast-10 Conference action on Saturday afternoon.
Sophomore Darko
Minic (Belgrade, Yugoslavia/XII Belgrade Gimnasium),
junior Art Shannon (Danvers, Mass./Danvers)
and freshman Ryan Jones (Westfield, N.J./Westfield)
all notched wins in their singles matches to keep the score
tight heading into the doubles matches.
Minic then teamed
up with Matt Szpakowski (Cutchougue, N.Y./Mattituck)
at #1 doubles, but lost to Pace's Dan Kiefer and Rogerio
Martins, 8-2.
Michael Hoffner
(Wantagh, N.Y./Wantagh) and Ricky Sanford
(Stratford, Conn./Bunnell) secured an 8-5 win at
#2 doubles to even the score 4-4. FP
fell short at #3 doubles,
however, falling to Charles Ruggerio and Adrian Cosma by
a score of 8-1.
FP
(2-2, 0-1 NE-10)
next travels to Saint Anselm College on Thursday, March
14, for a Northeast-10 Conference matchup at 3 p.m. Pace
(1-0, 1-0 NE-10) next faces Southern New Hampshire University
on Saturday, March 16 at 1 p.m.
| Singles |
Winner
|
Set 1
|
Set 2
|
Set 3
|
| Darko Minic (FPC)
vs. Dan Kiefer (PACE) |
FPC
|
6-1
|
7-6
(8-6)
|
|
| Michael Hoffner
(FPC) vs. Rogerio Martins (PACE) |
PACE
|
6-1
|
6-2
|
|
| Matt
Szpakowski (FPC) vs. Eric Bochner (PACE) |
PACE
|
3-6
|
6-2
|
6-0
|
| Ricky Sanford (FPC)
vs. Kunal Rambhia (PACE) |
PACE
|
6-3
|
6-3
|
|
| Art Shannon (FPC)
vs. Adrian Cosma (PACE) |
FPC
|
6-3
|
6-0
|
|
| Ryan Jones (FPC)
vs. Ross Chadbourne (PACE) |
FPC
|
6-4
|
6-0
|
|
|
Doubles
|
Winner
|
Set
|
|
Minic/Szpakowski
(FPC) vs. Kiefer/Martins (PACE)
|
PACE
|
8-2
|
|
Hoffner/Sanford
(FPC) vs. Bocher/Rambhia (PACE)
|
FPC
|
8-5
|
|
Shannon/Teague
(FPC) vs. Ruggerio/Cosma (PACE)
|
PACE
|
8-1
|