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Men's, Women's Tennis Return Home and Sweep Fairleigh Dickinson

3/25/2007

Baltimore,Md.—The UMBC men’s and women’s tennis teams swept visiting Fairleigh Dickinson in sunny, breezy conditions at the UMBC Tennis Complex. The women blanked the Knights, 7-0, and improved to 6-4 on the spring, while the men defeated FDU, 6-1 and are now 7-4 on the campaign.

The women did not drop a set to FDU. At No. 5, senior Adriana Fonseca blanked Tricia Small, 6-0, 6-0 and at No. 6, freshman Barbara Couto posted a 6-0, 6-0 shutout over Stacey Honore. The only tight match occurred at No. 2 singles, where sophomore Joy Adewumi overcame Jessica DeCarlos, 7-6 (3), 7-5.

After a 6-1 win over Bucknell on Saturday night, the men posted the same margin of victory over the Knights on Sunday afternoon. All three Retriever doubles teams posted convincing victories, including an 8-2 win by the No. 1 team of sophomore Nick Savage-Pollock and freshman Fredi Voorman. That duo now has  a national ranking of No. 85 by collegetennisonline.com. Savage-Pollock also prevailed in a tough No. 5 singles match, defeating Kyle Eddins, 7-5, 7-5.