The University of Alabama at Birmingham Athletics
Men's Tennis Closes Out Spring Season
4/8/2002 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
April 8, 2002
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - The UAB men's tennis team finished out its spring season, falling 5-2 to Louisiana-Lafayette Monday at Brook Highland Racquet Club.
Once again, the UAB (13-8, 4-0 Conference USA) doubles tandem of Alex Jung and Tobi Klein had a solid performance in the No. 1 slot. The 41st ranked duo knocked off ULL's Johann van der Westhuizen and Michael Tarkowski, 8-6.
The Ragin' Cajuns took wins at the No. 2 and No. 3 doubles positions to take the early 1-0 lead.
From there, the Blazers only took two of six singles matches. At the No. 3 spot, Jung knocked off van der Westhuizen, 6-1, 6-3. Junior George Dubrava tallied a win for the Blazers at the No. 5 slot defeating ULL's Marc Castellana, 6-1, 6-0.
The Blazers will take a little over a week's rest before heading to the C-USA Championship on April 18 in Louisville, Ky.
Results
Louisiana-Lafayette 5, UAB 2
Doubles
1) #41 Jung/Klein (UAB) def. Tarkowski-Westhuizen (ULL), 8-6
2) Ilowski/Hawkins (ULL) def. Dubrava/van der Merwe (UAB), 8-3
3) Blache/Castellana (ULL) def. Sanzaruz Zaman/Jean-Pierre De Lange (UAB), 8-6
Singles
1) Jakub Ilowski (ULL) def. Andre van der Merwe (UAB), 6-2, 6-4
2) Anthony Blache (ULL) def. Tobi Klein (UAB), 2-6, 6-2, 6-3
3) Alex Jung (UAB) def. Johann van der Westhuizen (ULL), 6-1, 6-3
4) Michael Tarkowski (ULL) def. Ivan Andreev (UAB), 6-4, 2-6, 6-3
5) George Dubrava (UAB) def. Marc Castellana (ULL), 6-1, 6-0
6) Bobby Hawkins (ULL) def. Rusty Walker (UAB), 2-6, 6-3, 6-2
