April 11, 2007

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - The University of Memphis men's tennis team had the unfortunate luck to face a UALR team that was looking for its' school-record 20th win of the season without the Tigers' No. 1 singles player, Amrit Narasimhan. While Spencer Heflin battled for a 7-5, 7-5 win at No. 5 singles, that was the lone win the Tigers could manage while falling to 8-11 on the season.

Memphis will close out its regular season, Saturday, at No. 44 Middle Tennessee in Murfreesboro. The team will participate in the Conference USA Championships at Rice University in Houston next weekend.

UALR 6, Memphis 1
Singles competition
1. Dinko Halachev (UALR) def. Jimmy Khougassian (MEM) 6-4, 6-3
2. Rain Roigas (UALR) def. Benedikt Fischer (MEM) 6-4, 3-6, 6-4
3. Edson Abrao (UALR) def. Charlie Ramsay (MEM) 7-6, 6-3
4. German Perez (UALR) def. Cody Loup (MEM) 6-2, 7-6
5. Spencer Heflin (MEM) def. Gerard Galindo (UALR) 7-5, 7-5
6. Juan Carlos Nunez (UALR) def. Garrison Pilant (MEM) 7-6, 6-4
Doubles competition
1. Yoann Chartron/Dinko Halachev (UALR) def. Benedikt Fischer/Cody Loup (MEM) 8-5
2. Edson Abrao/Rain Roigas (UALR) def. Jimmy Khougassian/Charlie Ramsay (MEM) 8-6
3. Marko Ballok/Igor Nikitin (UALR) def. Garrison Pilant/Spencer Heflin (MEM) 8-6

Match Notes:
Memphis: 8-11
UALR 20-7