April 2, 2002

Memphis, Tenn. - Memphis' MICHAEL CHAMBERLAIN is the Conference USA Men's Tennis Player of the Week for the period ending March 31. Chamberlain was 3-0 in singles and 3-0 in doubles in leading Memphis to the championship of the 23rd Annual UC-Irvine Anteater Classic in Irvine, Calif. Chamberlain defeated Jason Tan of Denver (6-3,7-5), Alfredo Baretto of Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (6-4, 6-3) and Nic Carteret of Southern Miss (6-4, 6-1). In doubles, Chamberlain teamed with Joe Schmulian to defeat Young/Patel of Denver (9-8), Bergues/Opreo of Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (8-6) and Jansson/Canudas of Southern Miss (8-5). On the season, Chamberlain is now 14-3 in singles and has won six in a row. In doubles, Chamberlain and Schmulian are now 12-1 and have won 10 consecutive matches.