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Men's Tennis Downs UT-Pan American, 6-1
Mar 23, 2001 | Men's Tennis
March 23, 2001
Memphis, Tenn.-- - The University of Memphis men's tennis team (5-6, 0-2) is happily back in Memphis after completing a 10-match road trip where they went 3-6 and were rained out while leading Troy State. The Tigers took advantage of some home cooking with a 6-1 win over Texas-Pan American, Friday morning.
Memphis has looked to get each match off to a strong start by winning the singles point, and Friday morning's match was no expection, as the Tigers swept No. 2 and No. 3 doubles, 8-2, and claimed the No. 1 match, 8-5.
Head Coach Phil Chamberlain then switched his line-up since the Tigers will play again Friday afternoon, moving Joe Schmulian up to the No. 1 match and Alistair Todd up to No. 3. Schmulian battled, but held off UT-Pan American's Matt Gower, 7-6, 7-5, to win at No. 1, while Todd easily handled Enrique Bastante, 6-1, 6-2.
"We played solid," Chamberlain said. "That's a good sign for us when we play consistently solid all the way through the line-up and don't have some guys up and some guys down."
Memphis will face Austin Peay State University, Friday, at 1:30 p.m.
Memphis 6, Texas-Pan American 1
Singles
No. 1 - Joe Schmulian (UM) def. Matt Gower (UTPA), 7-6, 7-5
No. 2 - Ben Stapp (UM) def. Kareem Abdullah (UTPA), 6-4, 7-6
No. 3 - Alistair Todd (UM) def. Enrique Bastante (UTPA), 6-1, 6-2
No. 4 - Michael Chamberlain (UM)def. Brandon Meiners (UTPA), 6-3, 6-1
No. 5 - Juan Saiz (UTPA) def. Jack Hu (UM), 4-6, 6-4, 7-6
No. 6 - Michael LaHaie (UM) def. Tom Mangelschots (UTPA), 6-7, 6-3, 7-6
Doubles
No. 1 - Todd/Stapp (UM) def. Gower/Abdullah (UTPA), 8-5
No. 2 - Schmulian/Chamberlain (UM) def. Bastante/Meiners (UPTA), 8-2
No. 3 - LaHaie/Jamie Adams (UM) def. Alex Cequeal/Pierre Canto (UTPA), 8-2
