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Men's Tennis Defeats St. Lawrence for Fifth Straight Win

Joe Venniro - Assistant Sports Information Director

Frank Solome won both his matches on Sunday and has now won eight straight overall.

| 4/10/2005 6:35:46 PM

ROCHESTER, NY -- The RIT Men's Tennis team made it five wins in a row, defeating St. Lawrence on Sunday by a score of 5-2 at the RIT Tennis Center.

In doubles the team of Frank Salome (Rochester, NY/Eastridge) and Jon New (Pittsburgh, PA/Central Catholic) (Pittsburgh, Pa/Central Catholic) both won their match 8-2.

David Chachu (Kumasi, Ghana/Mfantsipim School) (Ghana), Solome, Zak Blazic (Wyncote, PA/Cheltenham) (Wyncote, PA/Cheltenham), New and Rod Razavi (Cincinnati, OH/Cincinnati Country Day) (Cincinnati, OH/Cincinnati Country Day) all won their singles matches.  Solome did not lose a match all week, a streak spanning six matches.

 The Tigers return to action on Tuesday as they travel to Roberts Wesleyan for a match at 4 pm.

Results

Doubles

1. Matt Dwyer/Mike Wiktshire (SLU) def, Rod Razavi (Cincinnati, OH/Cincinnati Country Day)/David Chachu (Kumasi, Ghana/Mfantsipim School) (RIT) 8-4
2. Neil Cutter/Frank Barbieri (SLU) def. Darren Stanley (Vestal, NY/Vestal)/Jason Swails (Vestal, NY/Vestal) (RIT) 8-3
3. Frank Salome/Jon New (Pittsburgh, PA/Central Catholic) (RIT) def. Amin Dancu/Terran Palmer-Angell (SLU) 8-2

Singles

1. David Chachu (Kumasi, Ghana/Mfantsipim School) (RIT) def. Matt Dwyer (SLU) 6-7 (5), 6-2, 6-3
2. Mike Whiltshire (SLU) def. Darren Stanley (Vestal, NY/Vestal) (RIT) 6-1, 6-0
3. Frank Solome (Rochester, NY/Eastridge) (RIT) def. George Barbieri (SLU) 6-1, 6-0
4. Zak Blazic (Wyncote, PA/Cheltenham) (RIT) def. Neil Cutter (SLU) 7-6(3) , 6-4
5. Jon New (Pittsburgh, PA/Central Catholic) (RIT) def. Terran Palmer-Angell (SLU) 6-1, 6-1
6. Rod Razavi (Cincinnati, OH/Cincinnati Country Day) (RIT) def. Amin Dancu (SLU) 6-2, 4-6,10-4