Golden Eagles Shut Out in First Round of Conference Tournament

April 18, 2002

Louisville, Ky. - The Marquette Golden Eagles fell to UAB, 4-0, in its first-round match of the conference championship. MU, seeded No. 11 in the championship, saw its record drop to 6-12.

UAB, 13-8, entered the match as the tournament's sixth seed and ranked 67th in the nation, while Marquette looking for its first win of the year against a ranked opponent. Marquette will now face No. 8 seed Charlotte tomorrow at 8:00 a.m. in the consolation draw.

With its win, UAB moves on to play No. 2 seed South Florida. Earlier this season in Charlotte, the then 60th-ranked 49ers defeated Marquette, 7-0. With their backs against the wall and hoping to stave off elimination, the Golden Eagles will look to remain alive and advance to the second round of consolation play.

SINGLES

#1 Raj Gill (MU) vs. Andre van der Merwe (UAB), 6-3, 3-4, Did not finish

#2 Troy Delmege (MU) vs. Tobi Klein (UAB), 6-3, 3-2, Did not finish

#3 Alex Jung (UAB) def. Justin Holsen (MU), 6-3, 6-1

#4 Sanzaruz Zaman (UAB) def. Mark Thomas (MU), 6-0, 6-2

#5 George Dubrava (UAB) def. Kent Davies (MU), 6-1, 6-4

#6 Joe Bates (MU) vs. Ivan Andreev (UAB), 6-3, 6-6, Did not finish

DOUBLES

#1 Alex Jung - Tobi Klein (UAB) def. Raj Gill - Justin Holsen (MU), 8-1

#2 Joe Bates - Troy Delmege (MU) vs. George Dubrava - Andre van der Merwe (UAB), 6-4, Did not finish

#3 Ivan Andreev - Sanzaruz Zaman (UAB) def. Kent Davies - Mark Thomas (MU), 8-6