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For Immediate Release 1 April 2003
Southwest
Baptist’s men’s tennis team knocked of top-seeded
Drury on Tuesday in Bolivar, 5-4.
“I’ve been saying all year I thought we’ve
had a team,” said SBU Head Coach John Bryant. “We’ve
been close and close and close all season long, and we finally
got a victory. I’ts only April and the money is made
in May. Now, I know we can play.”
The No. 14 Bearcats won two of the three doubles matches to
start the contest. SBU’s Andras Bori and Mark Eori, ranked
No. 5 in the nation, defeated Drury’s Jeremy Blandin
and Regnier Azevedo, ranked No. 4 in the nation, 8-5. Bearcats
Dante Cipulli and Johan Nortje defeated DU’s Javier Llanes
and Matias Oddone, 8-0. Drury won the No. 3 doubles match.
Hicham Fathi and Akos Tajta of Drury defeated SBU’s Peter
Joos and T.J. Martin, 8-5.
In singles, the match came down to the No. 5 seeded singles
after the two teams were tied at four points apiece. SBU’s
Peter Joos defeated Younes Limam (6-1, 4-6, 6-2) to take the
match for the Bearcats.
Also in singles action, SBU’s Cipulli defeated Fathi
(7-6, 6-0) and Eori defeated Llanes [6-2, 7-6 (8-6)], to round
out SBU’s points. Blandin defeated Bori in singles, (7-5,
6-1). Also winning for Drury in singles was Azevedo over Nortje
(6-1,7-5) and Tajta over Martin (6-4, 6-2).
The Bearcats are now 12-5 on the season. Drury falls for the
first time this season and is 13-1.
SBU returns to action on Saturday, April 5 when they travel
to Northwest Missouri State in Maryville. The match is scheduled
to start at 1 p.m.
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