April 18, 2008

DALLAS - - The University of Memphis men's tennis team (8-13) saw its 2008 season come to an end with a 4-0 loss to host SMU in the opening round of the C-USA Championships, Friday. The loss wraps up the Tiger careers of Amrit Narasimhan and Jimmy Khougassian, both players who transferred in to Memphis following the 2005-06 season.

Memphis won the No. 3 doubles match, but that was the lone Tiger victory, as SMU used wins at No. 1, 4 and 5 singles to close out the victory to advance to face the winner of the Rice/East Carolina match on Saturday.

The Tigers were without Jimmy Khougassian for the match after Khougassian, who missed the entire fall semester due to injury, suffered another injury, forcing him to miss his final collegiate match.

Match 3: SMU 4, Memphis 0
DOUBLES
D1 Alver/Hooshyar, SMU def. Amrit Narasimhan/Charlie Ramsay, Memphis, 8-4
D2 Skrypko/Solares, SMU def. Spencer Heflin/Leon Nasemann, Memphis, 8-5
D3 Jordan Smith/Benedikt Fischer, Memphis def. Walsh/St. Eve, SMU, 8-5
Order of finish: 1, 3, 2
SINGLES
S1 David Kuczer, SMU def. Amrit Narasimhan, Memphis, 6-3, 6-2
S2 Robin Fahgen, SMU vs. Leon Nasemann, Memphis, 7-5 DNF
S3 Alex Skrypko, SMU vs. Jordan Smith, Memphis, 7-5, 4-1 DNF
S4 Oivind Alver, SMU def. Michael Gaerthoeffner, Memphis, 6-2, 6-2
S5 Adolfo Solares, SMU def. Charlie Ramsay, Memphis, 6-4, 6-5 (7-5)
S6 Adham el-Effendi, SMU vs. Benedikt Fischer, Memphis, 2-6, 3-2 DNF