Feb. 3, 2007

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - The University of Memphis men's tennis team (1-2) opened its spring home schedule in style Saturday, sweeping UT Martin at WellWorx in Memphis.

"We had a really solid performance," Head Coach Paul Goebel said. "It was a good win for us and we got some good play throughout our line-up."

Memphis opened by sweeping the doubles point, as Amrit Narasimhan and Benedikt Fischer took the win at No. 1 doubles, 8-2. Charlie Ramsay and Jimmy Khougassian closed out the point with an 8-6 win at No. 2 doubles, and Garrison Pilant and Spencer Heflin won the No. 3 match, 8-3.

Heflin then finished his collegiate home debut with a 6-4, 6-4 win at No. 6 singles. Fellow freshman Cody Loup also battled back to pick up a win in singles, winning 6-2, 7-5 at No. 5 singles. Amrit Narasimhan was the lone Tiger to lose a set on Saturday, winning the first set 6-3, then falling 7-5 in the second set. He prevailed in a super tiebreak, 10-5, to complete the Tiger sweep.

Memphis will remain at home, facing Nicholls State, Friday at 6 p.m. That match will also be played at WellWorx.

Memphis 7, UT Martin 0
Singles
No. 1 -- Benedikt Fischer (UM) def. Stephan Bruwer, 6-2, 6-0
No. 2 -- Jimmy Khougassian (UM) def. Alfredo Krywacz, 6-2, 6-0
No. 3 -- Amrit Narasimhan (UM) def. Andrey Yesipov, 6-3, 5-7, 10-5
No.4 -- Charlie Ramsay (UM) def. Stewart McRae, 6-2, 6-2
No. 5 -- Cody Loup (UM) def. Christian Slabbert, 6-2, 7-5
No. 6 -- Spencer Heflin (UM) def. William Taylor, 6-4, 6-4
Doubles
No. 1 -- Amrit Narasimhan/Benedikt Fischer (UM) def. Stephan Bruwer/Stewart McRae, 8-2
No. 2 -- Charlie Ramsay/Jimmy Khougassian (UM) def. William Taylor/Andrey Yesipov, 8-6
No. 3 -- Garrison Pilant/Spencer Heflin (UM) def. Christian Slabbert/Alfredo Krywacz, 8-3