April 21, 2006

Tulsa, Okla. - The University of Memphis men's tennis team saw its season come to an end with a 4-0 loss to host Tulsa in the opening round of the Conference USA championships, Friday. The loss drops Memphis to 6-14 on the season and may also end the seasons of James Spence and Sam Withell, as the duo lost 9-8 to the unranked team of Arnau Brugues and Aleksander Charpantidis.

No. 42 Tulsa 4, Memphis 0
Doubles
No. 1 -- Arnau Brugues/Aleksander Charpantidis (TU) def. #41 Spence/Withell (UM), 9-8 (2)
No. 2 -- Connelly/Cunningham (TU) def. Bankester/Brewer (UM), 8-0
No. 3 -- Jetter/Pilant (UM) def. Camacho/R. Soriano (TU), 8-6

Singles
No. 1 -- #57 Federico Soriano (TU) def. Sam Withell (UM), 6-3, 6-2
No. 2 -- #118 Ricardo Soriano (TU) vs. James Spence (UM), dnf
No. 3 -- Will Gray (TU) vs. Matt Brewer (UM), dnf
No. 4 --Diego Camacho (TU) vs. Michael Jetter (UM), dnf
No. 5 -- Ross Cunningham (TU) def. Garrison Pilant (UM), 6-0, 6-0
No. 6 -- Andy Connelly (TU) def. Bryan Bankester (UM), 7-6, 6-0