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Men's Tennis Leaves Alabama Winless
3/23/2003 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
March 23, 2003
Milwaukee-The Marquette men's tennis team lost yesterday to the Auburn, 6-1, dropping its season record to 2-10. The Golden Eagles are returning after a two game road trip to Alabama. The squad lost to UAB on Friday, 6-1.
Troy Delmege was the only Golden Eagle to claim a victory against Auburn. He won his No. 3 singles match, 7-5, 6-1, over Markus Schiller. Delmege improves his record to 3-9.
Raj Gill fell in the No 1. singles match as he was outlasted by Gabor Zoltan Pelva, 7-6, 6-1. Gill, after taking the only Marquette win against UAB on Friday, is 3-5 on the season.
The team leader in wins, Eigintas Vedrickas, saw his record drop to 8-15 after he los the No. 2 singles match 6-0, 6-1, to Andy Colombo.
Justin Holsen fell in the No. 4 singles match, 6-3, 6-2, to Andre Boz. Holson owns a 3-9 season record.
In No. 5 singles, Creighton Macy was defeated, 6-1, 6-0, to Tom George. Macy's record now stands at 5-16.
Ian Kawas lost the No. 6 singles match to Rinat Sikdar, 6-2, 6-4. Kawas is second on the team in wins with his 7-11 record.
Marquette lost the team point in doubles as all three pairs were defeated. Gill/Holsen lost, 8-2, to Colombo/Zoltan Pelva. Kawas/Delmege was defeated, 8-3, by George/Schiller. Finally Vedrickas/Macy, lost, 8-2 to Boz/Sikdar.
The Golden Eagles return to action March 27 at Northern Illinois in DaKalb, Ill at 2 p.m.
Auburn 6, Marquette 1 Singles1. Gabor Zoltan Pelva (AU) def. Raj Gill (MU) 7-6, 6-1 2. Andy Colombo (AU) def. Eigntas Vedrickas (MU) 6-0, 6-1 3. Troy Delmege (MU) def. Markus Schiller (AU) 7-5, 6-1 4. Andre Boz (AU) def. Justin Holsen (MU) 6-3, 6-2 5. Tom George (AU) def. Creighton Macy (MU) 6-1, 6-0 6. Rinat Sikdar (AU) def. Ian Kawas (MU) 6-2, 6-4
Doubles 1. Colombo/Zoltan Pelva (AU) def. Gill/Holsen (MU) 8-2 2. George/Schiller (AU) def. Kawas/Delmege (MU) 8-3 3. Boz/Sikdar (AU) def. Vedrickas/Macy (MU) 8-2
