HOUSTON, Texas (March 25, 2006) ? The USF men's tennis team (3-8) was defeated by host Rice University, Sat. afternoon, 6-1, at the Hyatt Regency Downtown/Rice Invitational.
USF played without its top player, No. 29 Dirk Britzen. Britzen sustained a back injury yesterday against Texas Tech. His status for tomorrows match against Purdue is uncertain.
Marky Gattiker remained perfect in the Invitational earning USF's only point at the No. 5 spot, defeating Christoph M?ller, 6-1, 5-7, 1-0 (7)
The Bulls will return to action tomorrow when they face Purdue University.
#47 Rice 6, South Florida 1
Doubles
1. #50 Searle/Haerle (RU) def. Jaeger/Brozyna (USF), 9-7
2. Knupfer/Zivojinovic (RU) vs. Barragan/Barton (USF), DNF
3. Harknett/M?ller (RU), DNP
Singles
1. #35 Robert Searle (RU) def. Federico Barton (USF), 6-2, 6-1
2. Ben Harknett (RU) def. Marc Jaeger (USF), 6-2, 2-6, 1-0 (10)
3. Ralph Knupfer (RU) def. Juan Barragan (USF), 6-2, 6-2
* 4. Tony Haerle (RU) def. Dillon Brozyna (USF) , 6-2, 6-3
5. Mark Gattiker (USF) def. Christoph M?ller (RU), 6-1, 5-7 1-0 (7)
6. Filip Zivojinovic (RU), DNP
