April 15, 2004

The University of Memphis men's tennis team gave Head Coach Phil Chamberlain his 100th career victory with a 4-0 win over Saint Louis in the opening round of the Conference USA Men's Tennis Championships on the University of Memphis courts, Thursday.

The Tigers opened with victories at No. 1 and 3 doubles, with the No. 3 team of sophomore Alex Jago and freshman Luke Campbell downing the Saint Louis team of Taylor Curran and Lance Vodicka, 8-1, before the team of Lee Taylor Walker and James Spence used an 8-4 win at No. 1 to claim the doubles point.

The Tigers then went up 2-0 when Marten Tamla downed Lance Vodicka, 6-3, 6-3, at No. 4 singles. Alex Bucewicz made it 3-0 Memphis with a 6-3, 6-2 win at No. 3 singles and Walker closed out the match with a 6-3, 6-3 win over Ikaika Jobe to give Memphis the victory and advance them to a noon contest against USF, Friday.

Chamberlain becomes the second head coach in Memphis history to hit the 100-career win mark. His coach when he was the No. 1 singles player for the Tigers, Tommy Buford, is the only other Tiger men's tennis coach to hit the century win mark. Chamberlain played for the Tigers from 1973-1976. He also served as an assistant coach under Buford before assuming the helm of the program six years ago.

Match 4 -- Memphis 4, Saint Louis 0
Doubles
No. 1 - Lee Taylor Walker/James Spence (UM) def. Ikaika Jobe/Sanjeev Paramanathan, 8-4
No. 2 - Alex Bucewicz/Marten Tamla (UM) vs. Thomas Kwong/Tom de Larzac, dnf
No. 3 - Alex Jago/Luke Campbell (UM) def. Taylor Curran/Lance Vodicka, 8-1
Singles
No. 1 - Lee Taylor Walker (UM) def. Ikaika Jobe, 6-3, 6-3
No. 2 - James Spence vs. Thomas Kwong, dnf
No. 3 - Alex Bucewicz (UM) def. Tom de Larzac, 6-3, 6-2
No. 4 - Marten Tamla (UM) def. Lance Vodicka, 6-3, 6-3
No. 5 - Mark Finnegan vs. Sanjeev Paramanathan, dnf
No. 6 - Alex Jago vs. Taylor Curran, dnf

Match 1 - Southern Miss 4, Charlotte 1
Singles
1. David Canudas, USM def. Arturo Aguirre, CHA, 7-6, 6-3
2. Jonathan Clark, CHA def. Mark-Oliver Lux, USM, 6-0 6-2
3. Marlo Santoso, CHA vs. Juan Garzon, USM, DNF
4. Chris Rea, USM def. Donan Host, CHA 6-2, 6-4
5. Reid Bourgeois, USM def. Zvi Lantsberg, CHA, 7-5, 6-4
6. Stuart Lynas, CHA vs. Dylan Mezey, USM, DNF

Doubles
1. Canudas/Mezey, USM def. Clark/Lynas, CHA, 8-3
2. Aguirre/Werk, CHA, vs. Garzon/Funke, USM, DNF
3. Rea/Bourgeois, USM def. Santoso/Vencatachellum, CHA, 8-4

Match 2 - UAB 5, Marquette 0
Singles
1. Anton Mavrin, UAB vs. Raj Gill MAR, DNF
2. Andre Maier, UAB def. Eigis Vedrickas, MAR, 6-1, 6-2
3. Kristijan Mitrovski, UAB def. Troy Delmege, MAR, 6-3, 6-1
4. Sanzaruz Zaman, UAB def. Ian Kawas, MAR, 6-2, 6-0
5. Dino Mancarella, UAB vs. Creighton Macy, MAR, DNF
6. Ivan Andreev, UAB def. Ricky Servoss, MAR, 6-1, 6-2

Doubles
1. Mavrin/Maier, UAB vs. Gill/Vedrickas, MAR, DNF
2. Zaman/Mancarella, UAB def. Delmege/Kawas, MAR, 8-6
3. Mitrovski/Andreev, UAB def. Macy/Servoss, MAR, 8-2

Match 3 - East Carolina 4, DePaul 0
Doubles
No. 1  -- Charl Meyer/Darren Mansell vs. Mark Henderson/Sam Davidson, dnf
No. 2 - Paulo Baumer/Nick Rose (ECU) def. Eric Huffman/George Wong, 8-3
No. 3 - Felipe Fonseca/Mark Gellard (ECU) def. Will Wang/Michael Fessler, 8-4
Singles
No. 1 - Charl Meyer vs. Mark Henderson, dnf
No. 2 - Paulo Baumer (ECU) def. George Wang, 6-2, 6-0
No. 3 - Darren Mansell vs. Sam Davidson, dnf
No. 4 - Felipe Fonseca (ECU) def. Will Wang, 6-0, 6-1
No. 5 - Mark Gellard vs. Eric Huffman, dnf
No. 6 - Nick Rose (ECU) def. Michael Fessler, 6-1, 6-0