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AU Men's Tennis Blanks Lafayette, 6-0
Eagles will play Army on Saturday

Guillaume Taralle was a winner at No. 2 singles for AU.

April 11, 2003

COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- On the heels of a 6-1 win over Howard on Thursday afternoon, the American University men's tennis team cleanly beat Lafayette, 6-0, Friday afternoon at the Tennis Center at College Park.

The Eagles improve to 12-3 overall and will travel to West Point, N.Y. to play Army Saturday afternoon at 1 p.m. AU beat each Leopard in straight sets in a match that was played indoors due to inclement weather. Doubles matches were not played because of time constraints.

Junior Tushar Garg (Mumbai, India/Bradenton) beat Matt Coin at No. 1 singles, 6-2, 6-1, while junior Guillaume Tarralle (Paris, France/French International School) put H'Cone Thompson away at No. 2 singles, 6-2, 6-3.

At No. 3 singles, freshman Juancarlo Vazquez (San Juan, Puerto Rico/Centre Educativo Superior Vocational) iced Brett Warren, 6-2, 6-0. Junior Juan Jaysingh (Rockville, Md./Georgetown Prep) earned a win at No. 4 singles over Ryan Collins, 6-3, 6-1. Junior Jonah Fliegelman (Philadelphia, Pa./Central) was strong past Dan Seward at No. 5 singles, 6-2, 6-2. In the final point, junior Ruben Rivero (Sevilla, Spain/Suffolk County Community College) took down Peter Tifus, 6-2, 6-4, at No. 6 singles.

AMERICAN 6, LAFAYETTE 0
Singles
1. Tushar Garg (AU) def. Matt Coin (LC), 6-2, 6-1
2. Guillaume Tarralle (AU) def. H'Cone Thompson (LC), 6-2, 6-3
3. Juancarlo Vazquez (AU) def. Brett Warren (LC), 6-2, 6-0
4. Juan Jaysingh (AU) def. Ryan Collins (LC), 6-3, 6-1
5. Jonah Fliegelman (AU) def. Dan Seward (LC), 6-2, 6-2
6. Ruben Rivero (AU) def. Peter Tifus (LC), 6-2, 6-4