Feb. 29, 2004

St. Bonaventure, N.Y. - Duquesne University's men's tennis suffered a 7-0 shutout at St. Bonaventure on Sunday afternoon in the Dukes' first Atlantic 10 match of the season. The Dukes are now 1-6, 0-1 in league play while SBU is 8-6, 1-0.

Duquesne next heads to Florida for a three-game spring training schedule starting against Valparaiso in Orlando, Fla. on Sunday, March 7 at 1:00 p.m.

Singles

Mario Arce (SBU) d. Devon Peightal (D)      6-3, 7-6 (2)Nikhil Murali (SBU) d. Rodrigo Lacayo (D)   6-1, 6-2Alejandro Nery (SBU) d. Robert Ojeda (D)    6-1, 6-1Dan Stankovic (SBU) d. Michael Belmonte (D) 6-1, 6-1Andrew Hart (SBU) d. Joseph Esposito (D)    6-2, 6-0Sajeel Qureshi (SBU) d. Alex Wright (D)     6-3, 6-0

Doubles

Nikhil Murali/Alejandro Nery (SBU) d. Peightal/Lacayo (D) 8-2Mario Arce/Dan Stankovic (SBU) d. Esposito/Ojeda (D)      8-1Andrew Hart/Sajeel Qureshi (SBU) d. Wright/Belmonte (D)   8-4