DOVER, Del. - Salisbury University tennis coach
Randy Halfpap won his 100th women's tennis match
at his Alma Mater on Thursday afternoon on the road against Wesley
College. The Sea Gulls completed their Capital Athletic Conference
regular-season schedule with a 9-0 shutout against the winless
Wolverines. The victory assures the Sea Gulls of the second-seed in
next week's CAC tournament and gives the maroon and gold a first
round bye.
The victory gives Halfpap a women's tennis career record of
100-60 in 10 seasons. Halfpap has guided Salisbury's women's tennis
program to two CAC championships (2002, '03) and four NCAA
tournament appearances (2001, '02, '03, '04) during his tenure. In
the past three seasons, Halfpap has led the Sea Gulls to the CAC
championship match against perennial power University of Mary
Washington. He has been named CAC Women's Tennis Coach of the Year
three times (2000, '02, '03) and has a cumulative 32-8 record in
CAC play. Halfpap (Class of 1997) was a member of two CAC
championship teams (1996, '97) during his playing career at SU.
Halfpap currently sports a 96-80 SU men's tennis career record.
"Any milestone is pretty special especially reaching 100 wins
here at my Alma Mater," said Halfpap. "This accomplishment is great
for our program because it means our program has been successful
over the year. This is where I want to spend the rest of my
career."
Salisbury (12-4, 5-1 CAC), ranked No. 10 in the Atlantic South
region, set the tone early against Wesley (0-7, 0-6 CAC). The Sea
Gulls picked up three quick points at doubles. Senior
Lauren Bakker and junior Jackie
Burr teamed up to win 8-1 at first doubles over Wesley's
duo of Rebecca Pennington and Marina Palma. The next point to be
earned for SU came from third doubles as sophomore Julia
Glanz and freshman Amy Worthington won
8-1 over Julia Wright and Taylor Blackiston. The final doubles
point came from sophomore Angela Tenaglia and
freshman Alix Royston at No. 2 doubles. The Sea
Gull pair beat Wesley's Tara Spillane and Kori Isken, 8-1.
The Sea Gulls led 3-0 as the teams went into singles play. SU
recorded straight set wins in all six singles pairings. Bakker (No.
6 singles) and Royston (No. 3 singles) did not surrender a point as
they won 6-0, 6-0 over their Wolverine counterparts. Burr (No. 1
singles) and Glanz (No. 4 singles) allowed one point as they won
6-1, 6-0. The final two points came from Worthington (No. 5
singles) who won 6-2, 6-1 over Wright and Tenaglia (No. 2 singles)
over Isken 6-3, 6-3.
SU is next at home tomorrow (Friday, April 17) against Eastern
Shore rival Washington (Md.) College in a men's and women's tennis
match doubleheader at the SU Outdoor Tennis Courts.
