Men's Tennis Loses to East Carolina, 4-0

Milwaukee?The first day of competition in the Conference USA Shootout, hosted by TCU in Fort Worth, Texas, saw Marquette lose to Eastern Carolina, 4-0. Today?s loss evens up the Golden Eagles? record at 4-4.

After losing the doubles point, Marquette entered singles action and got quick leads in the nos. 4 and 6 matches. Troy Delmege won his first set at no. 4 singles, 6-2 and Ian Kawas took the first set of the no. 6 match, 6-7. Both Delmege and Kawas then dropped the second set. East Carolina then clinched the team victory while both Golden Eagle netters were still in play.

?We needed to find a way to close those matches out and put a little pressure on East Carolina,? said coach Steve Rodecap. ?But they never felt much pressure because we got down early in the second set and didn?t get a chance to play those matches out. We need to do a better job of once we get a lead shutting the door and not let them back in.?

Raj Gill entered the lineup again today after sitting out three matches. He was defeated by Felipe Fonseca, 6-2, 6-1, at the no. 3 match.

Creighton Macy then lost the no. 4 singles match, 6-3, 6-2, to Mark Gellard.

The no. 1 singles match clinched the win for the Pirates. Charl Meyer beat Hugo Leenders, 6-4, 7-5.

In the second day of action, Marquette faces rival DePaul at 1:30 p.m.

Complete Results

ECU 4, Marquette 0

SINGLES

1. Charl Meyer (ECU) def. Hugo Leenders (Marq) 6-4, 7-5

2. Paulo Baumer(ECU) vs. Eigis Vedrickas (Marq) 7-6, 2-2 (DNF)

3. Felipe Fonseca (ECU) def. Raj Gill (Marq) 6-2, 6-1

4. Darren Mansell (ECU) vs. Troy Delmege (Marq) 2-6, 6-3 (DNF)

5. Mark Gellard (ECU) def. Creighton Macy (Marq) 6-3, 6-2