Sept. 22, 2006

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. - After competing in three tournaments during the past three weekends, Villanova (1-0) opened the dual portion of its schedule with a 7-0 win over La Salle (2-2) on Thursday afternoon at the Belfield Courts. The Wildcats claimed the doubles point by winning two of the three matches before going on to sweep all six singles matches in straight sets.

Leading the way for Villanova was junior Scott Fahrendorf (Reno, Nev.), who claimed wins at first doubles and second singles to be the team's only double winner. He teamed with classmate Charlie Farmer (Newport Beach, Calif.) for an 8-1 win at the top doubles slot and defeated Scott Karwowski by scores of 6-0 and 6-2.

Villanova's next dual match is on Saturday at 1 p.m. against Fordam.

Villanova 7, La Salle 0
Thursday, September 23
Belfield Courts (Philadelphia, Pa.)

DOUBLES

Scott Fahrendorf/Charlie Farmer (VU) def. Scott Karwowski/Jonathan Maula (LAS) 8-1
Sumanth Chittajallu/Sean Daly (VU) def. Ross Flockerzie/Christian Harvey (LAS) 8-2
Eric Glick/Matt Rivera (LAS) def. Larry Tran/Matthew Krawczyk (VU) 8-7 (3)

SINGLES

Dimitri Chimerakis (VU) def. Ross Flockerzie (LAS) 6-1, 6-0
Scott Fahrendorf (VU) def. Scott Karwowski (LAS) 6-0, 6-2
Brian Maher (VU) def. Matt Rivera (LAS) 6-2, 6-1
Brett Tobin (VU) def. Eric Glick (LAS) 6-4, 6-4
Alexander Leeser (VU) def. Chris Butera (LAS) 6-4, 6-0
Corey Grad (VU) def. Jonathan Maula (LAS) 6-1, 6-2

Records: Villanova (1-0), La Salle (2-2)