April 8, 2004

The UALR men's tennis team survived a closely contested doubles point and took five of six singles matches to defeat Memphis 6-1 at the UALR Tennis Center Thursday afternoon.

UALR (18-7) had to battle to win the doubles point, with Bastian Faisst/Sebastian Falk defeating Lee Taylor Walker/James Spence 8-3, before Memphis (12-10) won at the no. 2 with Alex Bucewicz/Marten Tamla def. Mark Edney/Alexei Poutchinets 9-7.

Dave Baxendine/Mithun Murali secured the doubles point with a 9-8 win over Alex Jago/Andrew Olswing at the no. 3.

The Trojans dominated singles play by winning five of the six matches in straight sets.

No. 1 Faisst def. Walker, 6-4, 6-2; no. 2 Poutchinets def. Spence 7-5, 4-3 ret.; no. 3 Falk def. Bucewicz 7-5, 6-0; no. 4 Dave Baxendine def. Tamla 6-3, 6-1 and no. 5 Murali def. Jago 6-3, 6-4.

The Tigers only win came with Mark Finnegan def. Jarrad Bunt 6-1, 6-0 at the no. 6.

UALR 6, Memphis 1

Singles

1. Bastian Faisst def. Lee Taylor Walker (UM), 6-4, 6-2
2. Alexei Poutchinets def. James Spence (UM), 7-5, 4-3, ret.
3. Sebastian Falk def. Alex Bucewicz (UM), 7-5, 6-0
4. Dave Baxendine def. Marten Tamla (UM), 6-3, 6-1
5. Mithun Murali def. Alex Jago (UM), 6-3, 6-4
6. Mark Finnegan (UM) def. Jarrad Bunt, 6-1, 6-0
Doubles

1. Faisst/Falk def. Walker/Spence (UM), 8-3
2. Bucewicxz/Tamla (UM) def. Edney Poutchinets, 9-7
3. Murali/Baxendine def. Jago/Olswing (UM), 8-4