April 3, 2004

FARMVILLE, Va. -- Longwood University took an 8-1 men's collegiate tennis victory past visiting Belmont Abbey (N.C.) College Saturday in Farmville.  The Lancers are now 7-7 overall and will play again Thursday, April 8, hosting NCAA Division I and Big South Conference member Liberty University beginning at 2 p.m. at the Lancer Courts.

Against the Abbey, Longwood won five of six singles and all three doubles matches.  In singles, freshman Rashko Patnikov/Bankya, Bulgaria (Smirnenski) won at #1 (6-4, 6-3), as did junior Chris Newman/Chesapeake (Hickory) at #2 (6-3, 6-0), sophomore Ian Young/Bowie, Md. (Eleanor Roosevelt) at #4 (6-1, 6-4), senior Garrett Green/Fredericksburg (Stafford) at #5 (6-0, 6-3), along with sophomore Justin Dorsk/Virginia Beach (Kempsville) at #6 (6-0-, 6-1). In doubles, Newman and sophomore Diego Quiros/Quesada, Costa Rica (Maria Inmaculada) won at #1 (8-2), as did Patnikov and Green at #2 (8-6), along with Young and Dorsk at #3 (8-2).

Doubles
1. Chris Newman/Diego Quiros (LU) def. Tell/Miller (BA)	8-2
2. Rashko Patnikov/Garrett Green (LU) def. Cordoro/Gilmour (BA)	8-6
3. Ian Young/Justin Dorsk (LU) def. Ottaviani/Gonzalez (BA)	8-2

Singles
1. Patnikov (LU) def. Tell (BA)	6-4, 6-3
2. Newman (LU) def. Miller (BA)	6-3, 6-0
3. Cordoro (BA) def. Quiros (LU)	4-6, 6-4, 6-4
4. Young (LU) def. Gilmour (BA)	6-1, 6-4
5. Green (LU) def. Ottaviani (BA)	6-0, 6-3
6. Dorsk (LU) def. Gonzalez (BA)	6-0, 6-1