March 8, 2006

Orlando, Fla. - Freshmen Sumanth Chittajallu (Columbus, Ohio) and Larry Tran (Rockville, Md.) each won their singles matches 6-0, 6-0 as Villanova (5-3) swept St. Peter's (3-10) 7-0 yesterday.

Chittajallu and Tran defeated Jonathon Pimentel in no. 5 singles and John McCrathy in no. 6 singles, respectively. Junior John Borden (Philadelphia, Pa.) recorded a 6-3, 6-0 win over St. Peter's' Peter Czajka at no. 4 singles.

'Nova also swept all three doubles matches, each by the score of 8-1.

Singles:

1. Chimerakis (V) def. Realista (SP) 6-2, 6-3

2. Fahrendorf (V) def. Nowogrodzki (SP) 6-2, 7-5

3. Maher (V) def. Baranowski (SP) 6-2, 6-0

4. Borden (V) def. Czajka (SP) 6-3, 6-0

5. Chittajallu (V) def. Pimentel (SP) 6-0, 6-0

6. Tran (V) def. McCrathy (SP) 6-0, 6-0

Doubles:

1. Chimerakis/Borden (V) def. Realista/Nowowgrodzki (SP) 8-1

2. Maher/Chittajallu (V) def. Czajka/Baranowski (SP) 8-1

3. Farmer/Malhotra (V) def. Pimentel/Ruiz (SP) 8-1