ECU Men Fall in C-USA Tennis Tournament Opener
April 17, 2003 | Men's Tennis
MILWAUKEE -- Seventh-seed UAB kept the higher seeds perfect on the opening day of the 2003 Conference USA Men's Tennis Tournament as the Blazers downed 10th seed East Carolina, 4-1. The match, played on Wednesday night, was the final competition of the day in Milwaukee.
The Blazers (10-12) began the match by winning the doubles point, picking up wins at flights two and three. ECU's top doubles team of Charl Meyer and Brad Sullivan won at flight one, 8-5, over UAB's Kristijan Mitrovski and Patrick Suhrbier.
East Carolina (8-12) also claimed a win at the flight two singles spot by Meyer, but UAB picked up victories by Bastian Gruendler, Mitrovski and Suhrbier to advance to the quarterfinals.
The Blazers take on second-seed TCU on Friday at 9 a.m. CT at Helfaer Tennis Stadium. East Carolina meets DePaul in a ninth-place semifinal match at LeClub in Milwaukee at 11:30 a.m. CT.
(7) UAB 4, (10) EAST CAROLINA 1
Doubles
1: Meyer/Sullivan (ECU) d. Mitrovski/Suhrbier (UAB) 8-5
2: Maier/Mancarella (UAB) d. Baumer/Rose (ECU) 8-6
3: Gruendler/Sanzaruz Zaman (UAB) d. Cooper/Fonsecca (ECU) 8-5
Singles
1: Bastian Gruendler (UAB) d. Brad Sullivan (ECU) 6-1, 6-4
2: Charl Meyer (ECU) d. Ivan Andreev (UAB) 6-3, 6-2
3: Andre Maier (UAB) vs. Paulo Baumer (ECU) DNF
4: Kristijan Mitrovski (UAB) d. Edwart Cooper (ECU) 6-0, 7-6
5: Patrick Suhrbier (UAB) d. Filipe Fonseca (ECU) 6-2, 6-2
6: Dino Mancarella (UAB) vs. Nick Rose (ECU) DNF
