Feb. 22, 2007

ORLANDO, Fla. - The University of Memphis men's tennis team (2-4, 0-1 C-USA) won the doubles point, but was swept in all six singles matches in a 6-1 loss to No. 71 UCF to open Conference USA play, Thursday.

The Tigers were down early in the doubles match, falling 8-3 at No. 2 doubles, before the team of Garrison Pilant and Spencer Heflin evened the doubles point competition with an 8-5 win at No. 3 doubles. It would take a tiebreak to resolve the point though, with the Tiger tandem of Amrit Narasimhan and Benedikt Fischer defeated the team of Johan Beigart and Sinan Sudas, 9-8 (6).

UCF would battle back with straight set wins in the bottom three singles slots. The top three singles slots all went three sets, with the No. 2 match going in UCF's favor, 7-6, while Beigart got revenge for his doubles loss with a 7-5 third set win over Fischer at No. 3 singles.

The Tigers will remain in Orlando and will face East Carolina, Friday, at 9 a.m. (ET).

No. 71 UCF 6, Memphis 1
Singles
1. Sinan Sudas (UCF) def. Jimmy Khougassian (UM) 6-1, 3-6, 6-3
2. Tarek Ben Soltane (UCF) def. Amrit Narasimhan (UM) 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (6)
3. Johan Beigart (UCF) def. Benny Fischer (UM) 6-4, 4-6, 7-5
4. Brock Sakey (UCF) def. Charlie Ramsay (UM) 7-5, 6-1
5. Norman Alcantara (UCF) def. Spencer Heflin (UM) 6-4, 6-1
6. Jimmy Roesch (UCF) def. Cody Loup (UM) 6-1, 6-0
Doubles
1. Amrit Narasimhan/Benny Fischer (UM) def. Johan Beigart/Sinan Sudas (UCF) 9-8 (6)
2. Norman Alcantara/Brock Sakey (UCF) def. Jimmy Khougassian/Charlie Ramsay (UM) 8-3
3. Garrison Pilant/Spencer Heflin (UM) def. Tarek Ben Soltane/Jimmy Roesch (UCF) 8-5