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May 16, 2005 |
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2005 Men’s
Tennis Season Summary
(8-7
Overall; 4-2 in the Little East Conference) |
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Providence, RI--Head
Coach Joe Testa’s team finished the regular season at the 2005
Little East Conference Men’s Tennis Championships, hosted by Western
Connecticut, on Friday and Saturday, May 6-7. The Anchormen placed
fifth overall (seven teams) with a team score of 8.0. RIC’s 8-7
campaign in 2005 marks the first winning season for the team since
1998 and the club’s eight victories are the most in a season since the
1995 squad won nine (9-4) |
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Senior co-captain Julio Andrade (Cranston,
RI)
closed out his career with a 30-30 (.500) career singles record and a
16-42 (.276) career doubles record for 38 career points. Andrade’s 30
career wins ties him for eighth all-time at RIC. |
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As a senior in 2005, he was named the squad’s MVP and went 14-3 (.824)
at number three singles and 10-7 (.588) at number one doubles for 19.0
points on the season. He was named the LEC’s Player of the Week once
on the season. Andrade led the team in singles wins and points, and
was tied for the team-lead in doubles victories. His 14 singles wins
and 19.0 points are a new RIC records for a single season. His ten
doubles wins is tied for third all-time at RIC for a single season. |
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As a junior in 2004, Andrade was named the team’s MVP. He was 9-6
(.600) in singles and 3-13 (.188) in doubles for 10.5 points on the
season. Andrade led the team in singles wins and points. |
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As a
sophomore in 2003, Andrade was named the team’s MVP. He was 7-7 (.500)
in singles and 2-9 (.182) in doubles for 8.0 points on the season. He
led the team in singles wins and points and was tied for the club-lead
in doubles wins. |
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As a
freshman in 2002, he was 0-14 (.000) at number one singles and
1-13 (.071) at number two doubles for 0.5 points. |
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He is an
elementary education major with a minor in social studies and a 1999
graduate of Cranston High School East. |
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Junior Jason LaDuke (Warren,
RI)
was 9-7 (.563) at number three doubles for 4.5 points on the season. |
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Junior Chris Furey (Cabot,
VT)
was 1-6 (.143) in singles and 9-7 (.563) at number three doubles for
5.5 points on the season. Furey was tied with doubles partner Jason
LaDuke for third on the team in doubles victories. |
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Junior Elliott LeFaiver (Warwick, RI) was 8-8 (.500) at number
two singles and 6-11 (.353) at number two doubles for 11.0 points on
the season. LeFaiver was fourth on the team in singles wins and was
third in points. |
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Junior Barry Manfredi (Westerly,
RI)
was 9-8 (.529) at number one singles and 10-7 (.588) at number one
doubles for 14.0 points on the season. Manfredi was second on the team
in points, and was tied with Lorne Teeter for singles wins and was
tied with doubles partner Julio Andrade for the team-lead in doubles
wins.
His ten doubles wins is tied for third all-time at RIC for a single
season. |
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Sophomore Tom Lapierre (Pascoag,
RI)
was 2-7 (.222) at number four singles and 6-11 (.353) at number two
doubles for 4.0 points on the season. |
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Sophomore Tauquir Puthawala (Lincoln,
RI)
was 7-2 (.778) in singles for 7.0 points on the season. He was fifth
on the team in singles victories. |
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Sophomore Richard Truchon (North
Scituate, RI)
was 2-14 (.125) in singles for 2.0 points on the season. |
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Freshman Lorne Teeter (Warwick,
RI)
was 9-2 (.818) at number six singles for 9.0 points on the season. He
was named the LEC’s Rookie of the Week once on the season. Teeter was
fourth on the team in points. |
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2005 RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE MEN’S TENNIS ROSTER |
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Name |
Year |
Hgt. |
Wgt. |
Hometown/High School |
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Julio Andrade |
Sr. |
5-8 |
140 |
Cranston, RI/Cranston West |
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Chris Furey |
Jr. |
5-10 |
145 |
Cabot, VT/Cabot |
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Jason LaDuke |
Jr. |
5-8 |
190 |
Warren, RI/Mt. Hope |
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Tom Lapierre |
Fr. |
6-2 |
175 |
Pascoag, RI/Burrillville |
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Elliott LaFaiver |
Jr. |
6-0 |
150 |
Warwick, RI/Toll Gate |
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Barry Manfredi |
Jr. |
5-10 |
165 |
Westerly, RI/Westerly |
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Tauquir Puthawala |
So. |
5-8 |
140 |
Lincoln, RI/Lincoln |
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Lorne Teeter |
Fr. |
5-11 |
165 |
Warwick, RI/Pilgrim |
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Richard Truchon |
So. |
6-1 |
180 |
N. Scituate, RI/Bishop Hendricken |
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Head Coach: |
Joe Testa |
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Captains: |
Julio
Andrade, Jason LaDuke |
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