Jan. 31, 2008

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Southeastern Louisiana University (2-1) came back from a 1-0 deficit and used wins at 1, 2, 3 and 5 singles to hand the University of Memphis (2-1) its first loss of the season, 4-3, in non-conference action at WellWorx, Thursday.

Memphis won all three doubles matches to take an early 1-0 lead in the match and got singles wins from Jordan Smith and Benedikt Fischer at No. 4 and 6 singles, respectively, but the Lions claimed the remainder of the singles matches to power past Memphis for a 4-3 victory.

The Tigers will not have much time to recover from their first loss of the season, as Memphis opens its 2008 road schedule, Sunday, at No. 33 Vanderbilt.

Southeastern Louisiana 4, Memphis 3
Doubles
No. 1 - Amrit Narasimhan/Charlie Ramsay (UM) def. Ondrej Krivka/Matthieu Leboucher, 8-5
No. 2 - Leon Naseman/Spencer Heflin (UM) def. Julien Roussel/Medhi Darlis, 8-3
No. 3 - Benedikt Fischer/Jordan Smith (UM) def. Alexis Biarneix/Vladimir Paunic, 8-5

Singles
No. 1 - Matthieu Leboucher def. Amrit Narasimhan (UM), 7-6 (4), 1-6, 6-3
No. 2 - Vladimir Paunic def. Michael Gaerthoeffner (UM), 6-1, 6-4
No. 3 - Ondrej Krivka def. Leon Naseman (UM), 7-5, 6-4
No. 4 - Jordan Smith (UM) def. Medhi Darlis, 7-5, 7-5
No. 5 - Julien Roussel def. Charlie Ramsay (UM), 7-5, 3-6, 6-1
No. 6 - Benedikt Fischer (UM) def. Alexis Biarneix, 6-2, 6-3

Memphis: 2-1
Southeastern Louisiana: 2-1