February 6, 2004

UAB Men's Tennis Team Downs Furman, 6-1

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. ----- The Furman Men's Tennis team dropped to 0-2 on the season Friday with a 6-1 loss over the Blazers of UAB. The Blazers took two of three doubles matches to take a 1-0 lead heading to singles and then captured five of six singles matches to clinch the win improving them to 3-0 on the year.

The Paladins captured their first two matches of the year when Allen Simmons defeated Andre Maier 6-2,6-2 in the No. 3 singles slot and at No. 2 doubles Greg Maarschalk and Allen Simmons downed Anton Mavrin and Sanzaruz Zaman 8-2.

The Paladins seek their first win of the year when they take on Alabama on February 7th at 2:00.

Singles
Flight 1...Tobi Klein (UAB) d. John Chesworth (FU), 7-6, 6-0
Flight 2...Anton Mavrin (UAB) d. Patrick Fillnow (FU), 7-6, 7-6
Flight 3...Allen Simmons (FU) d. Andre Maier (UAB), 6-2, 6-2
Flight 4...Ruben Zrihen (UAB) d. Ben Pauluhn (FU), 6-3, 4-6, 6-3
Flight 5...Sanzaruz Zaman (UAB) d. Greg Maarschalk (FU), 6-2, 6-2
Flight 6...Dino Mancarella (UAB) d. B.J. James (FU), 6-3, 3-6, (10-4)

Doubles
Flight 1... Klein-Maier (UAB) d. Chesworth-Brian Crook (FU), 8-4
Flight 2...Maarschalk-Simmons (FU) d. Mavrin-Zaman (UAB), 8-2
Flight 3...Mancarella-Zrihen (UAB) d. Kevin Lackey-Scott Kahler (FU), 8-5