April 5, 2001

Villanova, Pa. --- The Villanova men's tennis team won its fourth match in a row today as they defeated the visiting Lafayette College Leopards by a match score of 5-2. The win propels the Wildcats to an overall record of 8-6 on the year, as they remain 0-1 in Big East play.

`Nova resumes play this weekend when they travel to Boston College for a Big East match-up against the Eagles on Saturday, then move on to the University of Massachusetts for competition on Sunday.

VILLANOVA 5, LAFAYETTE 2

SINGLES:

No. 1 H'Cone Thompson (LC) def. Brad Adams: 6-4, 7-5

No. 2 Josh Schofield (VU) def. Dan Seward: 6-2, 6-2

No. 3 Ryan Collins (LC) def. A.J. Rohde: 6-4, 3-6, 1-0 (10-6)

No. 4 Ryan Devine (VU) def. Mike Levey: 6-0, 6-0

No. 5 Paul Moore (VU) def. Mike Durette: 6-2, 6-4

No. 6 John Toppel (VU) def. Devin Murphy: 6-3, 6-1

DOUBLES:

No. 1 Schofield/Casey Simmons (VU) def. Thompson/Seward: 8-0

No. 2 Collins/Durette (LC) def. Adams/Devine: 8-4

No. 3 Rohde/Lucas Kaster (LC) def. Levey/Murphy: 9-7