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Tennis (Men's)
Bearcat men's tennis splits weekend matches at Lawton
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Mar 7, 2009, 21:24

LAWTON, Okla. -- The #22 SBU Bearcats split a pair of weekend matches with nationally ranked opponents, falling to #28 Midwestern State 5-4 on Friday before topping #33 East Central 7-2 on Saturday, in action held at Cameron University.

Marton Zsiga, Emilio El Alabi and Jorge Palacios picked up singles wins against Midwestern State while the Zsiga / El Alabi duo also scored a doubles win in the match.

In Saturday's action versus East Central (who was a last-minute replacement for St. Mary's (Texas), Zsiga and El Alabi picked up both singles and doubles wins, as did Palacios and Jorge Margiotta. Agustin Mollar also earned a singles win for the Bearcats against ECU.

The Bearcats (2-3) fell to the host #6 Cameron University on Friday in afternoon action.

SBU hosts Johnson County (KS) Community College for their first men's and women's home matches of 2009 this Tuesday starting at 2:00 p.m. at the Bryant Tennis Center.

#28 Midwestern State def. #22 SBU  5-4

Singles
1. Marton Zsiga (SBU) def. Vjekoslav Stipanic (MSU) 6-4, 7-6
2. Emilio El Alabi (SBU) def. Tiago Vilarinho (MSU) 6-3, 6-3
3. Carlos Bataller (MSU) def. Agustin Mollar (SBU) 3-6, 6-2, 6-1
4. Daniel McMullan (MSU) def. Jorge Margiotta (SBU) 6-4, 6-1
5. Jorge Palacios (SBU) def. Octavian Dinuta (MSU) 6-3, 6-4
6. Chad Meeks (MSU) def. Tyler Welch (SBU) 6-2, 6-1

Doubles
1. Zsiga/El Alabi (SBU) def. Stipanic/Dinuta (MSU) 8-0
2. Vilarinho/Bataller (MSU) def. Margiotta/Palacios (SBU) 8-5
3. McMullan/Meeks (MSU) def. Mollar/Welch (SBU) 9-7


#22 SBU def. #33 East Central  7-2
Singles
1. Marton Zsiga (SBU) def.  Cristobal Nunez (ECU) 6-0, 6-1
2. Emilio El Alabi (SBU) def. Andreas Nunez (ECU) 7-6 (6), 6-3
3. Agustin Mollar (SBU) def. Dai Edwards Evans (ECU) 6-4, 4-6, 6-2
4. Jorge Margiotta (SBU) def. Camilo Munoz (ECU) 6-1, 6-2
5. Jorge Palacios (SBU) def. Mitch Sholty (ECU) 4-6, 6-3, 6-1
6. Carlos Muro (ECU) def. Tyler Welch (SBU) 6-4, 6-1

Doubles
1. Zsiga/El Alabi (SBU) def. C.Nunez/Munoz (ECU) 8-5
2. Margiotta/Palacios (SBU) def. A. Nunez/Evans (ECU) 9-7
3. Sholty/Muro (ECU) def. Mollar/Welch (SBU) 8-3



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