Feb. 26, 2005

FT. WORTH, Texas - The University of Memphis men's tennis team (4-5, 1-0 C-USA) picked up its first win over a ranked opponent, with a 4-0 sweep of No. 75 DePaul in first round action at the Conference USA Tennis Shootout held at TCU, Friday.

The Tigers won the No. 1 and 2 doubles matches 8-4, 8-2, then got straight set wins at the top three singles spots to claim the 4-0 victory.

With the win, Memphis advances to a second round match against No. 13 TCU, Saturday at 1:30 p.m. With the loss, DePaul drops into the consolation bracket, and will face Saint Louis at 1:30 p.m., Saturday.

Memphis 4, No. 75 DePaul 0
Singles
No. 1 - Alex Bucewicz (UM) def. Mark Henderson, 6-2, 6-2
No. 2 - James Spence (UM) def. Robert Kotroczo, 6-0, 6-3
No. 3 - Alex Jago (UM) def. Sam Davidson, 6-0, 6-2
No. 4 - Mark Finnegan (UM) vs. George Wang, DNF
No. 5 - Marten Tamla (UM) vs. Jack Komar, DNF
No. 6 - Scott Felsenthal (UM) vs. Eric Huffman, DNF

No. 1 - No. 58 Felsenthal/Spence (UM) def. Henderson/Huffman, 8-4
No. 2 - Bucewicz/Tamla (UM) def. Komar/Wang, 802
No. 3 - Finnegan/Jago (UM) vs. Davidson/Kotroczo, DNF