April 20, 2002

Louisville, Ky. - The University of Memphis men's tennis team, seeded fourth, lost to the fifth and seventh seeded teams in its first two matches and had to settle for a seventh place tie in the C-USA Men's Tennis Championships in Louisville, Ky. The Tigers lost to fifth-seeded Louisville, 4-1, in the quarterfinals and then was upset by seventh-seeded DePaul in the consolation bracket.

Louisville def. Memphis, 4-1 SINGLES 1 - Cody Conley (UL) d. Ben Stapp (UM) 7-6(9-7), 6-4
2 - Paulo Carvalho (UL) d. Joe Schmulian (UM) 6-3, 2-6, 6-3
3 - Octavian Nicodim (UL) d. Richard Magney (UM) 3-6, 6-3, 6-3
4 - Matt Mayer (UL) vs. Lee Taylor Walker (UM) 6-4, 5-7 DNF
5 - Alex Sivertsen (UL) d. Alex Bucewicz (UM) 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
6 - Brent McCombe (UL) vs. Michael Chamberlain (UM) 6-1, 4-6, 6-6 DNF
DOUBLES 1 - Stapp/Walker (UM) d. Conley/Nicodim (UL) 8-5
2 - Mayer/McCombe (UL) d. Schmulian/Chamberlain (UM) 8-5
3 - Bucewica/Lahaie (UM) d. Aspillaga/Carvalho (UL) 8-6