Franklin Pierce Sweeps Southern New Hampshire, 9-0
MANCHESTER, N.H. (March 27, 2004) - The Franklin Pierce men's tennis team swept Southern New Hampshire, 9-0 in Northeast-10 Conference action this afternoon.
The Ravens took every set in every match in both singles and doubles competition. In singles play, senior captain Darko Minic (Belgrade, Serbia/XII Belgrade Gimnasium) defeated Pedro De Paula (Rolandia, Brazil) 7-5, 6-3; junior Arun Lazarus (Bradenton, Fla./Bayshore) swept Brian Hashem (Auburn, NH/Pinkerton Academy) 6-2, 6-0 and Maciej Szpakowski (Cieszyn, Poland/Mattituck (N.Y.)) dropped only one game in his victory over Kevin Cullen (Medway, MA/Medway) 6-0, 6-1. Elliot Mcllellan (Jaffrey, N.H./Williston-Northampton),Ryan Jones (Westfield, N.J./Westfield) and J.P. Morgan (Hampton Bays, N.Y./Hampton Bays) all picked up one-on-one wins for Franklin Pierce.
All three doubles combinations for the Ravens were victorious in their matches, as well, by the identical score 8-4.
Franklin Pierce (3-7, 2-1 NE-10) next travels to Bentley tomorrow (Sunday) for a Conference match at 1 p.m., while Southern New Hampshire (0-2, 0-2 NE-10) travels to Assumption on Wednesday for a Conference match at 3 p.m
Franklin Pierce 9, Southern
New Hampshire 0
| Doubles | Winner | Score |
| Minic/Lazarus (FP) vs. De Paula/Hashem (SNH) | FP | 8-4 |
| Mcllellan/Jones (FP) vs. Podoan/Bui (SNH) | FP | 8-4 |
| Morgan/Szpakowski (FP) vs. Cullen/Pat Dias (SNH) | FP | 8-4 |
| Singles | Winner | Score |
| Darko Minic (FP) vs. Pedro De Paula (SNH) |
FP | 7-5, 6-3 |
| Arun Lazarus (FP) vs. Brian Hashem (SNH) | FP | 6-2, 6-0 |
| Maciej Szpakowski (FP) vs. Kevin Cullen (SNH) | FP | 6-0, 6-1 |
| Elliot Mcllellan (FP) vs. Nicolai Podoan (SNH) | FP | 6-3, 6-2 |
| Ryan Jones (FP) vs. Chris Bui (SNH) | FP | 6-2, 6-3 |
| J.P. Morgan (FP) vs. Mike Cate (SNH) | FP |
10-2 |