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Men's Tennis Falls to USM in Championship
Apr 01, 2001 | Men's Tennis
April 1, 2001
Irvine, Calif.-- - The University of Memphis men's tennis team (10-7) finished in second-place with a 4-3 loss to Conference USA foe Southern Miss in the championship match of the 22nd Annual Anteater Classic at UC-Irvine, Sunday.
The Tigers were edged for the doubles point when the team of Miikka Kangas and Nicolas Carteret downed the team of Michael Chamberlain and Joe Schmulian in the tiebreaker, 9-8. Schmulian then took both his singles sets to a tiebreak before falling, 7-6, 7-6, to Daniel Homedes.
Memphis will next get a peak at the courts where the Conference USA Championships are being held when they travel to New Orleans to face the University of New Orleans and Lamar at Tulane University. The Conference Championships begin Apr. 19th. Memphis has one homestand remaining on its schedule, a match against Louisiana-Monroe, Apr. 13th and Murray State University, Apr. 14th.
Singles
No. 1 -- Richard Magney (UM) def. Miikka Kangas, 6-3, 7-5
No. 2 -- Daniel Homedes (USM) def. Joe Schmulian, 7-6, 7-6
No. 3 -- Ben Stapp (UM) def. David Jansson, 6-3, 6-3
No. 4 -- Konsta Finnila (USM) def. Alistair Todd, 6-3, 6-2
No. 5 -- Michael Chamberlain (UM) def. Nicolas Carteret, 6-4, 7-5
No. 6 -- Uwe Gneiting (USM) def. Michael LaHaie, 6-4, 6-0
Doubles
No. 1 -- Stapp/Todd (UM) def. Werren/Finnila, 8-5
No. 2 -- Kangas/Carteret (USM) def. Schmulian/Chamberlain
No. 3 -- Jansson/Homedes (USM) def. LaHaie/Jamie Adams, 8-4
