MENS TENNIS: 100 Consecutive Wins in NE-10, Assumption 9, Franklin Pierce 0

April 17, 2006

At Rindge, NH

Northeast-10 Conference

The Greyhounds have now won 100 straight matches in Northeast-10 Conference

Win EIGHTH Straight Regular-Season Title!

ASSUMPTION 9, FRANKLIN PIERCE 0

SINGLES RESULTS

1, Assumption, Michael GOLDMAN (13-3, 50-8) (Sr., Worcester, MA/ Doherty) def. Franklin Pierce, Arun LAZARUS (Sr., Bradenton, FL/Bayshore), 6-2, 6-2;

2, Assumption, Antonio RECALDE (10-2, 26-4) (So., Ciudad del Este, Paraguay/St. Isador Labrador def. Franklin Pierce, Dixon SIMMONS (Fr., Narragansett, RI/Hendricken), 7-5, 6-2;

3, Assumption, Jared DORFMAN (12-3, 12-3) (Fr., Providence, RI/LaSalle) def. Franklin Pierce, Austin GARDELLA (So., Norwalk, CT/Norwalk), 6-3, 6-3;

4, Assumption, Rich LIEBERMAN (12-2, 26-3) (So., East Haddam, CT/Hale Ray), def. Franklin Pierce, Adam BOGDAN (Fr., Norwalk, CT/Norwalk), 6-0, 6-0;

5, Assumption, Dave MARSHALL (2-0, 34-3) (Jr., Newington, CT/Kingswood Oxford) def. Ryan STRAYER (So., Murfreesboro, TN/Enfield, CT), 8-0;

6, Assumption, Steve TLUMACKI (10-3, 10-3) (Fr., Holliston, MA/Holliston) def. Franklin Pierce, Tedi GEORGE (Sr., East Providence, RI/St. Raphael's), 8-1.

DOUBLES RESULTS

1, Assumption, GOLDMAN (10-4, 55-10) and DORFMAN (10-4, 10-4) def. Franklin Pierce, SIMMONS and GARDELLA, 8-3;

2, Assumption, RECALDE (12-1, 31-2) and MARSHALL (3-0, 36-2) def. Franklin Pierce, LAZARUS and STRAYER, 8-1

3, Assumption, LIEBERMAN (10-3, 29-3) and TLUMACKI (9-3, 9-3) def. Franklin Pierce, BOGDAN and GEORGE, 8-0.

Season & Career Records Follow Each Player's Name

Team Records: Assumption is now 13-3 overall and 11-0 in the conference; Franklin Pierce is 2-9 overall, 2-9 in the conference

Upcoming: Southern New Hampshire (4-7, 5-7) at Assumption (11-0, 13 3), WEDNESDAY, time TBA, Northeast-10 Conference playoff quarterfinal.

NOTEBOOK: Assumption College has now extended their amazing win streak against Northeast-10 Conference competition to 100 consecutive matches (84-0 regular-season and 16-0 postseason)---the longest win streak in conference history regardless of sport. The Greyhounds have also won 60 straight matches at home and improved their Division II record to 121-17, including 105 by shutout scores over the last eight years.

The architect of all this winning is one of the region's premier tennis personalties, Leominster's , four-time Northeast-10 Conference Coach-of-the-Year (2000, 01, 03, 05). In 1996-97 he assumed control of a tennis program that hadn't had a winning season in 20 years and was 2-34 over the previous three years. In 1997 the team finished just 2-10 however the following year the .500 level was achieved (8-8). Ippolito's record is currently a glossy 164-40 (.805) . . . and even more amazing 147-22 since 1998 (.875)