Men's Tennis Lose to Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, 4-2

Despite wins from Austin Doerner and Jose Moncada, the DePaul men's tennis team lost to Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, 4-2. The Blue Demons fall to 13-6 while the Islanders improve to 6-7.

SAN ANTONIO, Texas Despite wins from Austin Doerner and Jose Moncada, the DePaul men’s tennis team lost to Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, 4-2. The Blue Demons fall to 13-6 while the Islanders improve to 6-7.

Doerner, who has been carrying the majority of the No. 1 match responsibilities this season, earned his 17th victory after beating Mikhail Pavlov, 6-4, 7-6 (5). In No. 2 singles, Moncada defeated Dmitry Novikov, 6-2, 6-1. The senior is 12-2 when playing No. 2 spot and is 22-7 overall.

After narrowly losing the first set in a tiebreaker, Ben Hartman bowed out to Jose Zunino, 6-1 in the second set. Alasdiar Gratez also fell in two sets to Laurent Montoisy, 6-2, 6-2.

At No. 5 singles, Bartosz Jozwiak lost to Jaume Farras, 7-5, 6-3, and Vanja Grgec was defeated by James Langford, 6-2, 6-3 in the No. 6 singles slot.

Doubles play was suspended due to inclement weather.

The Blue Demons return to action tomorrow when they face Texas-San Antonio at 2 p.m. (CST)

March 25, 2009
TAMU-CC 4, DePaul 2
Singles:
No. 1 Austin Doerner def. Mikhail Pavlov, 6-4, 7-6(5)
No. 2 Jose Moncada def. Dmitry Novikov, 6-2, 6-1
No. 3 Laurent Montoisy def. Alasdiar Graetz, 6-2, 6-2
No. 4 Jose Zunino def. Ben Hartman, 7-6(2), 6-1
No. 5 Jaume Farras def. Bartosz Jozwiak, 7-5 6-3
No. 6 James Langford def. Vanja Grgec, 6-2, 6-3

Order of finish: (3, 6, 2, 4, 1, 5*)
*denotes clinching match

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