UAB Men's Tennis Drops Two Matches To Top Fifteen Teams

MOBILE, Ala. -- After almost a month with no scheduled matches, the UAB men's tennis team hit the courts in Mobile, Ala. for two matches against 13th-ranked Miami and 10th-ranked South Alabama. The Blazers dropped both matches to its ranked opponents, falling 5-2 to the Hurricanes and 6-1 to the Jaguars. The Blazers are now 5-9 in dual-match play.

In Saturday's match against Miami, the Hurricanes jumped out early winning all three doubles matches. Miami's 45th-ranked doubles team of Peter Hoffman and Tomas Smid defeated Tom Dalby and Rusty Walker at no. 1 doubles.

In singles action, Dalby defeated Smid 7-6(4), 6-4 at the no. 2 spot and Alex Jung defeated Johan Lindqvist 0-6, 6-3, 6-3 at the no. 3 spot to take the only two points for the Blazers in the match.

On Sunday, the Blazers faced 10th-ranked South Alabama. The match opened with South Alabama sweeping the doubles matches to take a 1-0 lead.

In singles play, UAB got their only point of the match from Andre van der Merwe as he upset no. 49 Julien Raynal in three sets, 6-2, 4-6, 7-5. The loss was Raynal's first on the season.

The Blazers will play their last regular season match next Sunday, April 15 against 26th-ranked Middle Tennessee in Murfreesboro, Tenn.

UAB vs. #13 Miami (Fla.)
April 7, 2001 at Mobile, Ala.
SINGLES
1. Andre van der Merwe vs. Michael Lang (#70) UM 6-4, 1-6, 6-2
2. Tom Dalby vs. Tomas Smid UAB 7-6 (4), 6-4
3. Alex Jung vs. Johan Lindqvist UAB 0-6, 6-3, 6-3
4. Rusty Walker vs. Peter Hoffman UM 6-1, 6-2
5. Alan Ambrose vs. Jose Lieberman UM 6-2, 6-1
6. Sanzaruz Zaman vs. Andrew Golub UM 6-3, 6-4

DOUBLES
1. Dalby/Walker vs. Hoffman/Smid (#45) UM 8-3
2. Jung/van der Merwe vs. Lang/Lieberman UM 9-7
3. Ambrose/Zaman vs. Golub/Tarik El Bassouni UM 8-6
UAB (5-8) 2, UM 5

UAB vs. #10 South Alabama
April 8, 2001 at Mobile, Ala.
SINGLES
1. Andre van der Merwe vs. Julien Raynal (#49) UAB 6-2, 4-6, 7-5
2. Tom Dalby vs. Christian Thall (#65) USA 6-1, 2-6, 6-3
3. Alex Jung vs. Zak Lahmar USA 6-3, 6-3
4. Alan Ambrose vs. Kosta Zinchanka (#50) USA 6-2, 7-5
5. Rusty Walker vs. Zlatko Stupavsky USA 6-4, 6-0
6. Sanzaruz Zaman vs. Evan Fowler USA 7-6 (2), 6-4

DOUBLES
1. Dalby/Jung vs. Thall/Zinchanka (#24) USA 8-3
2. Ambrose/Walker vs. Vincent Baudat/Raynal (#39) USA 8-3
3. van der Merwe/Zamanr vs. Fowler/Stupavsky UAB 8-1
UAB (5-9) 1, USA 6