Oct. 14, 2004

MEMPHIS, Tenn.-- - Men's tennis players Marten Tamla and Alex Jago each won two matches Thursday to advance to the main draw singles event at the Wilson/ITA Southeast Regional at The Racquet Club of Memphis.

Tamla downed Alabama's Jordie Kindervater, 5-7, 6-3, 6-4 in his first match, then downed Florida A&M's Frank Green, 6-1, 7-5, to advance to one of the eight qualifying slots. Jago followed suit with a first round win over Tulane's Magdy El-Midawy, 6-0, 6-2, before downing UT-Martin's Danny McGuire, 6-0, 6-2.

Four of the six Tigers entered in Thursday's draw advanced to the second round. Senior Andrew Olswing (Memphis, Tenn./Ridgeway) and freshman Bryan Bankester (Madison, Miss./Central) ended up playing one another in a match following a withdrawal, with Bankester advancing 6-3, 7-6. Bankester then fell to Southern Miss' Reid Bourgeois, 4-6, 6-1, 6-2.

Senior Scott Felsenthal (Memphis, Tenn./White Station) had a mixed day. The senior won his opening match, 6-1, 6-4 over Dirk Prinsloo from UT-Martin before falling to Mississippi State's Michele Panzeri, 6-4, 6-2. But while the senior's tournament is done, barring his name being drawn as a lucky loser to filling in a withdrawal from tomorrow's main draw, he did watch younger brother Andrew advance to the main draw for Alabama. The younger Felsenthal won his opening match 6-2, 7-6 over Southeast Louisiana's Olivier Nussbaum, then used a 6-4, 6-1 straight set win over Troy's Robert Van Swelm to advance to the main draw. Van Swelm had advanced to his match against the younger Felsenthal with a 6-4, 5-7, 7-5 thriller over Memphis' Mark Finnegan in the first round.

Complete Day One Results
Round of 32
Tommy Ostenson (Southern Miss) def. Olti Mollaymeri (UT-Martin), 7-5, 6-3
Kevin Dessauer (LSU) def. Josh Irey (Mississippi State), 6-1, 6-3
Marten Tamla (Memphis) def. Jordie Kindervater (Alabama), 5-7, 6-3, 6-4
Frank Green (Florida A&M) def. Daniel Balog (Georgia State), 4-6, 6-2, 6-2
Michele Panzeri (Tennessee Tech) def. Taylor Striplin (Alabama), 5-7, 7-6, 7-6
Scott Felsenthal (Memphis) def. Dirk Pinsloo (UT Martin), 6-1, 6-4
Florent Girod (Mississippi State) def. Jonathan Howard (LSU), 6-3, 6-3
Andrew Naidu (Austin Peay) def. Yuri Pompeu (Murray State), 6-3, 7-6
Andrew Felsenthal (Alabama) def. Olivier Nussbaum (Southeast Louisiana), 1-6, 6-2. 6-3
Robert Van Swelm (Troy) def. Mark Finnegan (Memphis), 6-4, 5-7, 7-5
Arnaud Roussel (Mississippi State) def. Jon Brown (Austin Peay), 6-2, 6-0
Jason Mallaiah (Kentucky) def. David Donaldson (Ole Miss), 6-0, 6-1
Danny McGuire (UT-Martin) def. Jordan Jones (Mississippi State), 6-3, 6-0
Alex Jago (Memphis) def. Magdy El-Midawy (Tulane), 6-0, 6-2
Reid Bourgeois (Southern Miss) def. John Thornton (Tennessee), 6-2, 6-2
Bryan Bankester (Memphis) def. Andrew Olswing (Memphis), 6-3, 7-6

Round of 16
Kevin Dessauer (LSU) def. Tommy Ostenson (Southern Miss), 6-1, 6-3
Marten Tamla (Memphis) def. Frank Green (Florida A&M), 6-1, 7-5
Michele Panzeri (Tennessee Tech) def. Scott Felsenthal (Memphis), 6-4, 6-2
Florent Girod (Mississippi State) def. Andrew Naidu (Austin Peay), 6-1, 6-0
Andrew Felsenthal (Alabama) def. Robert Van Swelm (Troy), 6-4, 6-1
Jason Mallaiah (Kentucky) def. Arnaud Roussel (Mississippi State), 6-3, 6-3
Alex Jago (Memphis) def. Danny McGuire (UT-Martin), 6-0, 6-2
Reid Bourgeois (Southern Miss) def. Bryan Bankester (Memphis), 4-6, 6-2, 6-1