ORLANDO, Fla. - The University of Memphis men's tennis team dropped its sixth straight match, but not without a fight, 4-3, at UCF, Thursday. The loss drops the Tigers to 0-2 in league play with one more league contest on the slate for this weekend. Memphis will face East Carolina, Friday, at 10 a.m.

Memphis started off with a 1-0 lead following wins at No. 1 and 2 doubles. The No. 19 ranked duo of James Spence and Sam Withell weathered an 8-6 win at No. 1 over the team of Norman Alcantara and Sinan Sudas, and the new pairing of Matt Brewer and Tezar Putra defeated the team of Ben Soltane and Brock Sakey, 8-5.

But UCF battled back with wins at No. 1, 2, 5 and 6 singles to improve to 5-2 on the season. Sudas downed Brewer in three sets, 6-4, 2-6, 6-2, and Alamgir Wali got back Michael Jetter, 7-5, 6-4, at the top of the line-up.

Senior James Spence and sophomore Sam Withell posted Memphis' lone two wins in singles. Spence downed Sebastian Delgado, 6-3, 6-4, at No. 3 while Withell used a 6-2, 6-4 straight set win to down Norman Alcantara at No. 4 singles.

Memphis will face C-USA foe East Carolina, Friday, at 10 a.m.

UCF 4, Memphis 3
Singles
No. 1 -- Sinan Sudas def. Matt Brewer (UM), 6-4, 2-6, 6-2
No. 2 -- Alamgir Wali def. Michael Jetter (UM), 7-5, 6-4
No. 3 -- James Spence (UM) def. Sebastian Delgado, 6-3, 6-4
No. 4-- Sam Withell (UM) def. Norman Alcantara, 6-2, 6-4
No. 5 -- Brock Sakey def. Tezar Putra (UM), 6-1, 6-1
No. 6 -- Tarek Bensoltane def.Vinicius Craveiro (UM), 6-1, 6-2
Doubles
No. 1 -- NO. 19 Spence/Withell (UM) def. Alcantara/Sudas, 8-6
No. 2 -- Brewer/Putra (UM) def. Ben Soltane/Sakey, 8-5
No. 3 -- Delgado/Wali def. Jetter/Garrison Pilant (UM), 9-8 (3)