March 29, 2008

DALLAS, Texas - - The University of Memphis men's tennis team (6-9, 0-3 C-USA) battled in its first of two matches at nationally-ranked opponents, but fell short, 6-1, against No. 58 SMU Saturday afternoon.

Memphis, who is undergoing a difficult two-match road trip in Texas on Saturday, came out ready for the task, picking up an 8-6 at No. 1 doubles to counter a SMU victory at No. 3. The decisive No. 2 doubles match went all the way to 9-7, but despite the Tigers' best effort, SMU won the No. 2 match to go up early, 1-0, in the match.

The Tigers battled in the six singles matches, with sophomore Charlie Ramsay winning his No. 5 singles match, 3-6, 6-3, 11-9. But despite some remaining close matches, that one point was all Memphis could put in the books, as SMU claimed wins at No. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6 singles to close out the victory.

The Tigers are currently playing at Baylor in a match that began at 7 p.m. (CDT). Live stats for that match can be viewed at: http://baylorbears.cstv.com/livestats/m-tennis/xlive.htm. The Tigers won the doubles point in that match with victories at No. 2 and 3 doubles and are all in their first sets of singles as of 10 p.m.

No. 58 SMU 6, Memphis 1
Singles competition
1. David Kuczer (SMU) def. Amrit Narasimhan (MEMPHIS) 7-5, 6-3
2. Alex Skrypko (SMU) def. Leon Nasemann (MEMPHIS) 6-7 (7-4), 6-3, 6-3
3. #73 Robin Fahgen (SMU) def. Jordan Smith (MEMPHIS) 6-1, 6-1
4. Oivind Alver (SMU) def. Michael Gaerthoeffner (MEMPHIS) 6-2, 6-4
5. Charlie Ramsay (MEMPHIS) def. Chris Hooshyar (SMU) 3-6, 6-3, 11-9
6. Adolfo Solares (SMU) def. Benedikt Fischer (MEMPHIS) 6-4, 7-5
Doubles competition
1. Amrit Narasimhan/Charlie Ramsay (MEMPHIS) def. Alex Skrypko/Adolfo Solares (SMU) 8-6
2. Oivind Alver/Chris Hooshyar (SMU) def. Leon Nasemann/Jimmy Khougassian (MEMPHIS) 9-7
3. Darren Walsh/Taylor St. Eve (SMU) def. Spencer Heflin/Jordan Smith (MEMPHIS) 8-4
Match Notes:
University of Memphis 6-10
SMU Mustangs 14-7; National ranking #58