Philadelphia, PA – (3/30/2012) – The University of the District of Columbia (UDC) visited campus today for a dual match with the Chestnut Hill College men's and women's tennis teams. It was an afternoon of ranked East Region play with the #2 UDC women's team defeating the #5 Griffin women 8-1 and the #3 Firebirds winning the men's side by the same final 8-1 over the #7 Griffins. Sophomore Yoann Pham (Boulogne-Billancourt, France) and junior Maria Parapouras (Victoria, Australia) recorded each recorded singles victories for the Griffins.
 
Junior Nastia Shcherbakova (Minsk, Belarus) and sophomore Kelly Dennis (Cincinnati, OH) played the Firebirds hard in the top doubles flight, but UDC (13-3) came away with a 9-8 (10-8) win over the top Chestnut Hill College (18-5) duo. The Firebirds won both remaining doubles matches and all but number three singles thanks to the determined play of Parapouras. She won the opening set versus senior Maria Vitkina (Ekaterinburg, Russia) 6-1, lost the second set 6-3, only to claim the match with a 10-5 win in the tiebreaker.
 
The Chestnut Hill College (8-7) men did not fare any better as Pham earned the Griffins their lone point with a marathon win at number two singles 5-7, 6-3, 7-6 (7-5). UDC (10-2) won all three doubles matches and won the remaining singles matches for the 8-1 win.
 
The men's tennis team resumes Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) play with a 3:30 p.m. home match against the University of the Sciences on Tuesday, April 3, while the women's tennis team will return to competition on Wednesday, April 7, when the Griffin tennis teams host Queens College.