TAMPA, Fla. (April 7, 2006) ? The USF Men's tennis team (3-11) lost its fifth-straight match Friday afternoon, suffering a 4-0 loss to No. 13 Virginia Commonwealth University.

Without top player Dirk Britzen, the Bulls were forced to play only two doubles matches and five singles matches.

With the No. 3 doubles match going to VCU, the team of Federico Barton and Mark Gattiker took Francesc Lleal and Sergi Arumi the distance at the No. 2 doubles, ultimately coming up short, 8-6.

With the doubles point in hand, the Rams (19-4) took the No. 2, 3 and 4 singles matches by almost the exact same score. USF's Marc Jaeger and Juan Barragan fell to VCU's Lleal and Arumi by the same score of 7-5, 6-3; while Dillon Brozyna lost to Georges-Alexandre Israel, 7-6, 6-3.

The Bulls will return to the court on Sunday afternoon to face the No. 27 Louisville Cardinals. First serve is set for Noon at the USF Varsity Tennis Courts.

NCAA Men's Tennis
USF Bulls vs. VCU Rams
April 7, 2006
USF Varsity Tennis Courts

Doubles
1. Brozyna/Jaeger (USF) vs. Lecloerec/Olsak (VCU) 3-6 (DNF)
2. Lleal/Arumi (VCU) def. Barton/Gattiker (USF) 8-6
3. VCU wins by default

Singles
1. Federico Barton (USF) vs. No. 15 Arnaud Leclorec (VCU) 6-7, 3-3 DNF
2. Francesc Lleal (VCU) def. Marc Jaeger (USF) 7-5, 6-3
3. Sergi Arumi (VCU) def. Juan Barragan (USF) 7-5, 6-3
4. Georges-Alexandre Israel (VCU) vs. Dillon Brozyna (USF) 7-6, 2-3 (DNF)
5. Mark Gattiker (USF) vs. Emil Lindgren (VCU) 6-3, 1-6, 1-0 (DNF)
6. VCU wins by default