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Men's Tennis Downs Georgia State, 6-1
Mar 08, 2001 | Men's Tennis
March 8, 2001
Atlanta, Ga.-- - The University of Memphis men's tennis team (4-3) opened the second half of a 10-match road schedule with a 6-1 win over host Georgia State, Thursday.
The Tigers and the Panthers each took one doubles match, with Memphis team of Jack Hu and Michael LaHaie downing the No. 3 GSU team, 8-0. With the Panthers winning the No. 1 match over Alistair Todd and Ben Stapp, the decision for the doubles point came down to the No. 2 doubles match between the Memphis team of Michael Chamberlain and Joe Schmulian and the Panther duo of Albano Franco and Fernando Damus. Chamberlain and Schmulain were up 7-6 when the Panthers held serve for a 7-7 tie. The No. 2 team then broke Schmulian's serve to go up 8-7 before the Tigers broke back to force a tie-breaker at 8-8. It was all Memphis in the tiebreaker, with the Tigers winning the tiebreaker 7-2.
Memphis then swept five of the singles matches over the deflated Georgia State team. GSU's Pablo Perrez Gras squeaked past Memphis' Ben Stapp, 7-6, 7-6, for the Panthers' only point at No. 2 singles.
Memphis continues its road swing with a conference clash with UAB and South Florida, Friday and Saturday in Tampa, Fla. Both UAB and USF are nationally-ranked in the poll released, Thursday.
Memphis 6, GSU 1
Singles
No. 1 - Richard Magney (UM) def. Albano Franco (GSU), 6-3, 7-6(4)
No. 2 - Pablo Perez Gras (GSU) def. Ben Stapp (UM), 7-6, 7-6
No. 3 - Joe Schmulian (UM) def. Chris Stewart (GSU), 7-5. 4-6, 6-1
No. 4 - Alistair Todd (UM) def. Miha Lisax (GSU), 6-0, 6-0
No. 5 - Michael Chamberlain (UM) def. Fernando Damus (GSU), 4-6, 6-3, 6-2
No. 6 - Jack Hu (UM) def. Jon Monk (GSU), 2-6, 6-3, 6-4
Doubles
No. 1 - Stewart/Perez Gras (GSU) def. Todd/Stapp (UM), 8-4
No. 2 - Chamberlain/Schmulian (UM) def. Franco/Damus (GSU), 9-8
No. 3 - Hu/LaHaie (UM) def. Lisac/Lupica (GSU), 8-0
Memphis vs. No. 38 UAB at Tampa, Friday, 9 a.m. (EST)
Memphis vs. No. 60 South Florida at Tampa, Saturday at 11 a.m. (EST)
