| March 12, 2004
Contact: Kyle Stephens (210) 458-4907 UTSA drops conference opener at Southeastern Louisiana, 5-2
HAMMOND, La. - The UTSA men's tennis team lost their Southland Conference opening match at Southeastern Louisiana on Friday, 5-2. The Roadrunners fall to 5-8 overall while the Lions improve to 4-4 and 1-1 in the league.
UTSA got off to a good start, winning the doubles point with victories at No. 1 and No. 3 doubles. Juniors Ricardo Almeida and Dennis Andrade downed Olivier Nussbaum and Matt Tate at No. 1, 8-5, while freshman Todd Hoy and sophomore Joe Olfindo beat Paul Birkett and Milos Vasovic at No. 3, 8-5.
Southeastern Louisiana came back strong in the singles, winning five of six matches including two in three sets. Hoy was UTSA's only winner at No. 5, defeating Birkett, 6-3, 6-1.
The Roadrunners play at New Orleans on Saturday at 2 p.m. and at Lamar on Sunday at 1 p.m.
College Men's Tennis
Southeastern Louisiana 5, UTSA 2
Hammond, La.
Doubles (UTSA wins double point)
No. 1 Almeida/Andrade, UTSA def. Nussbaum/Tate, SELU 8-5
No. 2 Huremovic/Smith, SLU def. Chaves/Gasca, UTSA 8-6
No. 3 Hoy/Olfindo, UTSA def. Birkett/Vasovic, SLU 8-5
Singles
No. 1 Huremovic, SLU def. Andrade, UTSA 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-4
No. 2 Nussbaum, SLU def. Almeida, UTSA 6-3, 4-6, 6-2
No. 3 Tate, SLU def. Chaves, UTSA 6-4, 6-2
No. 4 Vasovic, SLU def Olfindo, UTSA 6-3, 6-3
No. 5 Hoy, UTSA def. P. Birkett, SLU 6-3, 6-1
No. 6 Smith, SLU def. Silvester, UTSA 6-0, 6-1 |
