April 14, 2007

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. - The University of Memphis men's tennis team (8-12) closed out its regular season with an abbreviated match indoors at Middle Tennessee, falling 5-0. The Tigers and the Blue Raiders were tied at 1-1 in the quest for the doubles point after Garrison Pilant and Spencer Heflin won their No. 3 match, 8-5, but Middle Tennessee won at No. 2 doubles, 8-5, to go up 1-0 early in the match. The Blue Raiders then picked up wins at No. 4 and 3 singles and got straight set victories from their two nationally-ranked singles players to close out the win 5-0. Due to the match being moved indoors, the match was called as there were only four indoor courts available. No. 44 Middle Tennessee 4, Memphis 0
DOUBLES
1. (4) Born-Siljestrom (MT) def. Fischer-Loup (MEM), 8-3
2. Rocafort-Richard (MT) def. Ramsay-Khougassian (MEM), 8-5
3. Pilant-Heflin (MEM) def. Paoliello-Boiron (MT), 8-5
Order of Finish: 1,3,2*
SINGLES
1. (87) Andreas Siljestrom (MT) def. Amrit Narasimhan (MEM), 6-3, 7-5
2. (118) Marco Born (MT) def. Benedikt Fischer (MEM), 6-2, 6-4
3. Marc Rocafort (MT) def. Jimmy Khougassian (MEM), 7-6, 6-0
4. Morgan Richard (MT) def. Charlie Ramsay (MEM), 6-1, 6-4
5. Joao Paoliello (MT) vs. Cody Loup (MEM), DNP
6. Marc Boiron (MT) vs. Spencer Heflin (MEM), DNP
7. Alex McCann (MT) vs. Garrison Pilant (MEM), DNP
Order of Finish: 4,3,2,1*