Sept. 27, 2000

STONY BROOK, NY -- - The University and Stony Brook men's and women's tennis teams opened their respective dual match seasons in spectacular fashion Wednesday afternoon, defeating Fairfield. The women posted a 9-0 win while the men also posted a shutout, winning, 7-0.

On the men's side, Jens Pilgram-Larsen posted a 6-0, 6-1 win at #2 singles, bringing his singles record to 4-0 this season. Gareth Williams won at #3 singles, 6-0, 6-0 and also remained undefeated with a 4-0 mark. The Seawolves lost just 15 of a possible 159 points in the match.

In doubles, Egil Anonsen and Pillgram-Larsen posted an 8-1 victory and improved to 4-0 this season.

Martha Barrett and Barb Affertsholt won at #1 and #2 singles, respectively. Barrett won, 6-1, 6-1 - improving to 3-2 while Affertsholt won 6-1, 6-0 and is now 4-3 on the season. Barrett and Zink teamed at #1 doubles for an 8-0 win.

The men's team - now 1-0 - will head to the Scott Satran Memorial tournament this weekend while the women's team - also 1-0 - heads to the New York State Championships at Binghamton October 6-8.

MEN - Singles 1. (USB) Egil Anonsen def. Jarrett Basedow 6-3, 7-6 2. (USB) Jens Pillgram-Larsen def. Joe Fennell 6-0, 6-1 3. (USB) Gareth Williams def. Colin Torrence 6-0, 6-0 4. (USB) Phil Amireault def. Mike Theile 6-1, 6-2 5. (USB) David Hewitt def. Sean Thompkins 6-0, 6-1 6. (USB) Patrick Drozdzick def. Peter Ruddin 6-0, 6-3

Doubles 1. (USB) Anonsen/Pillgram-Larsen def. (F) Basedow/Theile 8-1

2. (USB) Williams/Hewitt def. (F) Pillgram-Larsen/Williams 8-4

3. (USB) Amireault/Drozdzick def. 8-1 (F) Ruddin/Chiarello