For Immediate Release: April 6, 2004
Contact: John Hartrick (hartrick@binghamton.edu)
Phone: 607-777-6800

Bearcats stretch win streak to five with 7-0 win at Vermont

BURLINGTON, Vt.. - Binghamton (10-6) continued its assault on America East opponents with a 7-0 shutout of host Vermont Tuesday afternoon. After sweeping all three doubles matches and all six singles contests, BU posted its fifth consecutive victory - including four straight shutout wins over conference foes.

Freshman singles player Dan Hanegby (Herzeliya, Israel) rolled to a 6-0, 6-2 win at the top spot. The victory was Hanegby's eighth straight, lifting his overall mark to 25-5 this year. Earlier, he and senior Steve Spencer (Plantation, Fla.) scored an 8-6 win at first doubles. Sophomore Richemn Mourad (Sao Paulo, Brazil) delivered a 6-4, 6-4 win at No. 2 singles, and sophomore Brian O'Connor (New Rochelle, N.Y.) raised his record to 19-7 overall with a convincing 6-0, 6-0 triumph at third singles.

Binghamton remains in Burlington to face arch rival Stony Brook on Wednesday.

DOUBLES
1. Hanegby/Spencer (Bing) def. Conway/Spring (V), 8-6
2. O'Connor/Gerard (Bing) def. Carl/Whittaker (V), 8-5
3. Rodrigo Valle/Krishna Vallabhaneni (Bing) def. Bernstein/Matthews (V), 8-5

SINGLES
1. Dan Hanegby (Bing) def. Tom Whittaker (V), 6-0, 6-2
2. Richemn Mourad (Bing) def. Sammy Carl (V), 6-4, 6-4
3. Brian O'Connor (Bing) def. Matthew Spring (V), 6-0, 6-0
4. Steve Spencer (Bing) def. Eric Conway (V) , 6-0, 6-3
5. Edwin Gerard (Bing.) def. Griffin Maloney (V), 6-2, 6-3
6. Juan Garcia (Bing.) def. Michael Kreitzer (V), 6-4, 6-3

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