March 31, 2001

Irvine, Calif. -- - A quick show of hands. Who thought the championship match of the 22nd Annual Anteater Classic being held at the University of California-Irvine would come down to a match between two C-USA foes--Memphis and Southern Mississippi. Well, don't look now, but Sunday's championship match will be the same match-up that Conference USA hosted last year for its fifth-place match.

Memphis advanced to the finals of the tournament with a 5-2 win over Sacramento State. The two points won by Sacramento State were the most won by a Tiger opponent in the tournament, but that will get tested, Sunday, when Memphis faces Southern Miss, a team that defeated Memphis 4-3 during the regular season last year, and then claimed fifth-place from the Tigers with a 4-2 win in the Conference USA tournament which was held in Hattiesburg.

The two schools will do battle for the title at 9 a.m. (Pacific Time) on the campus of host UC-Irvine.

Singles
No. 1 - Richard Magney (UM) def. Sherif Zaher (SS), 2-6, 6-4, 7-6
No. 2 - Joe Schmulian (UM) def .Fabio Jesus (SS), 6-3, 6-3
No. 3 - Chris Smith (SS) def. Ben Stapp (UM), 6-3, 6-3
No. 4 - Alistair Todd (UM) def. Sylvain Iff (SS), 6-2, 6-3
No. 5 - Michael Chamberlain (UM) def. Joe Gilbert (SS), 7-5, 6-1
No. 6 - Kevin Vieira (SS) def. Michael LaHaie (UM), 6-1, 2-6, 6-2

Doubles
No. 1 - Todd/Stapp (UM) def. Lanke/Gilbert (SS), 8-5
No. 2 - Smith/Jesus (SS) def. Schmulian/Chamberlain (UM), 8-4
No. 3 - LaHaie/Jamie Adams (UM) def. Iff/Vieira (SS), 8-6