For Immediate Release: April 2, 2004
Contact: John Hartrick (hartrick@binghamton.edu)
Phone: 607-777-6800

Bearcats roll over Fairfield, 6-1

VESTAL, N.Y.. - In the team's first home outdoor match this spring, Binghamton (6-6) swept all three doubles matches and won five of six singles matches to defeat visiting Fairfield, 6-1, Friday afternoon on the West Gym Courts.

Freshman singles player Dan Hanegby (Herzeliya, Israel) improved to 21-5 overall, 10-2 in duals, with a 6-4, 6-1 win over Jonathan Fernando at the top spot. Sophomore Richemn Mourad (Sao Paulo, Brazil) didn't drop a game en route to a 6-0, 6-0 victory at second singles. At third singles, sophomore Brian O'Connor (New Rochelle, N.Y.) raised his record to 15-7 overall with a 6-1, 6-1 triumph.

Binghamton continues its four-match weekend with a match at America East rival Hartford, Saturday at 1 p.m.

DOUBLES
1. Mourad/Garcia (Bing) def. Fernando/Torrance (F), 8-2
2. O'Connor/Gerard (Bing) def. Kouri/Nyarady (F), 8-4
3. Valle/Krishna Vallabhaneni (Bing) def. Goldbeck/Mike Theile (F), 8-4

SINGLES
1. Dan Hanegby (Bing) def. Jonathan Fernando (F), 6-4, 6-1
2. Richemn Mourad (Bing) def. Steve Kouri (F), 6-0, 6-0
3. Brian O'Connor (Bing) def. Kevin Nyarady (F), 6-1, 6-1
4. Colin Torrance (F) def. Edwin Gerard (Bing), 6-2, 6-1
5. Juan Garcia (Bing.) def. Zack Morrison (F), 6-0, 6-0
6. Rodrigo Valle (Bing.) def. Paul Goldbeck (F), 6-2, 6-4

##