March 31, 2006

Complete Results

Princess Anne, MD - The University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) Hawk Tennis team took on Eastern Shore and MEAC rivals Delaware State University (DSU) in a conference tilt on Friday afternoon. The young and undermanned Hawks fought a tough battle but DSU had an answer for every Hawk point.

Delaware State took all three doubles matches to win the first point. Kapila Pilimatalauwe and Andrew Graham played a great match but fell 8-4 to Michael Siembida and two-sport athlete Florian Pejchar. They lost one match by default as the Hawks had only five men in uniform.

In singles action Graham went head to head with Pejchar in an epic contest. Pejchar pulled out the win but it took a tiebreaker to do it, 7-6 (7-4), 6-3. Graham's doubles partner Pilimatalauwe also played well, falling 7-5, 6-4 to Siembida.

William Ntirerigamya fell in the number five singles match to Olumide Ayeni 6-2, 6-4. Harold Fowler was topped by James Lapere 6-0, 6-2 at the number two singles match.

UMES looks to put together a solid outing in their next match when they travel out of conference to take on Loyola (Md.) in Baltimore on April 5, 2006.