September 20, 2003

Contact: Bob McComas (724) 738-2777 e-mail: robert.mccomas@sru.edu

KUTZTOWN, Pa.—Slippery Rock University dropped a pair of Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference men’s tennis matches over the weekend to fall to 0-3 on the season.

The Rock lost a 7-0 decision to hosting Kutztown University on Friday and then dropped an 8-1 decision to East Stroudsburg on Saturday.

Freshman R.J. Vighetti won the No. 4 singles match vs. East Stroudsburg, 6-3, 6-4, to account for the only Rock win.

SRU returns to action Oct. 4-5 when it will compete in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association East Regional tournament.

Results of the match vs. East Stroudsburg were as follows:

Doubles
No. 1: Travis Martin/Derek Tomasino (ESU) def. Alex Slezak/Ryan Steeh 8-4
No. 2: P. Luckowski/M. Sheadura (ESU) def. Rick Moore/R.J. Vighetti 8-2
No. 3: A. Fishran/K. Irwin (ESU) def. Jason Schaeffer/Matt Merulli 8-6
Singles
No. 1: Martin (ESU) def. Slezak 6-2, 6-4
No. 2: Tomasino (ESU) def. Steeh 6-3, 6-4
No. 3: Luckowski (ESU) def. Moore 6-3, 6-0
No. 4: Vighetti (SRU) def. Sheadura 6-3, 6-4
No. 5: Fishran (ESU) def. Schaeffer 6-5, 6-3
No. 6: Irwin (ESU) def. Merulli 6-2, 6-3

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