Norfolk, VA - The Hofstra Pride Men's Tennis team ended its 2010-11 season Thursday with a 4-0 loss to the Delaware Blue Hens in the first round of the Virginia 529 College Savings Plan CAA Men's Tennis Championships at the Folkes-Stevens Tennis Center on the campus of Old Dominion University. Hofstra ends its season with a 5-14 record.

Starting with doubles, the Pride got off to a promising start when Hofstra's Jon Disley and Ben Thompson-Star opened with an 8-5 victory over Ryan Kent and Robby Kay in number three doubles. But the Blue Hens responded with an 8-3 victory by Chris Hincker and Courtney Scott over the Pride's Antonio Pena and Matthew Gemmell at second doubles, and an 8-4 win by Troy Beneck and Andre Vorobyov over Chris Damion and Adrien Bailly at first doubles to capture the doubles point.

In the singles competition, Hofstra was 1-1 in sets against Delaware in three matches but the Blue Hens won the other three matches in straight sets to capture the match. Delaware"s Jeff Marshall gave the Blue Hens a 2-0 lead with a 6-2, 6-1 win over Matthew Gemmell at fifth singles. Troy Beneck downed Chris Damion, 6-2, 6-0 at second singles and Courtney Scott defeated Antonio Pena , 6-1, 6-2 at first singles to post the 4-0 victory. 

Hofstra's Ben Thompson-Star was tied at 1-1 in sets against Andre Vorobyov at third singles, Jon Disley was 1-1 against Delaware's Chris Hincker at fourth singles and Adrien Bailly was 1-1 against Ryan Kent at sixth singles when the match ended.

#7 Delaware 4, #10 Hofstra 0

Singles

#1 Courtney Scott (UD) d. Antonio Pena (HU), 6-1, 6-2

#2 Troy Beneck (UD) d. Chris Damion (HU), 6-2, 6-0

#3 Andre Vorobyov (UD) vs. Ben Thompson-Star (HU) - DNF 4-6, 3-4

#4 Chris Hincker (UD) vs. Jon Disley (HU) - DNF 6-1, 5-7

#5 Jeff Marshall (UD) d. Matthew Gemmell (HU), 6-2, 6-1

#6 Ryan Kent (UD) vs. Adrien Bailly (HU) - DNF 4-6, 5-4

(Singles Order of Finish: 5, 2, 1)

Doubles

#1 Beneck/Vorobyov (UD) d. Damion/Bailly (HU), 8-4

#2 Scott/Hincker (UD) vs. Pena/Gemmell (HU), 8-3

#3 Disley/Thompson-Star (HU) d. Kent/Robby Kay (UD), 8-5

(Doubles Order of Finish: 3, 2, 1)

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