University of South Florida
Marquette
Bulls Even Record With 7-0 Shutout Against BIG EAST Foe Marquette
March 10, 2007 | Men's Tennis
TAMPA, Fla. (March 10, 2007) ? Posting its second shutout in as many matches, the University of South Florida men's tennis team blanked BIG EAST rival Marquette, 7-0 Saturday afternoon at the USF Varsity Tennis Courts to even the season record at 6-6.
The Bulls, winners of three matches in four days, seized three closely contested doubles matches to begin the afternoon.
Marc Jaeger and Ales Svigelj won their third match in a row, escaping Stephen Shao and Niko Boulieris 9-7 at the No. 3 position.
The tandems of Thomas Estrada/Mahmoud Hamed and Henning Hipp/Daniel Daudt both won by identical scores of 8-5 at the top spots to give USF its fifth doubles sweep over the last six matches.
The Bulls also swept each singles match in straight sets over Marquette (6-5).
Estrada earned his team-best 10th singles win of the year with a 6-2, 6-2 defeat of Bouliers at No. 5 and Hamed added his ninth win after ousting Binkley 6-3, 6-1 on court three.
Jaeger earned his third win in a row, 6-4, 6-2 over Shao in the second spot and Svigelj captured the top flight 6-2, 6-0, against MU's Trent Hagan.
Hipp upped his record at the third spot to 4-0 on the year with a 7-6(5), 6-0 win over Mark Rutherford and Daudt set down Greg Sirotek 6-3, 6-1for his third consecutive victory.
The men's team will conclude the weekend home stand against Harvard, Sun. at 11 a.m. Admission to the USF Varsity Tennis Courts is free.
USF 7, Marquette 0
Doubles:
1) Hamed/Estrada (USF) def. Binkley/Rutherford (MU) 8-5
2) Hipp/Daudt (USF) def. Hagan/Van Lieshout (MU) 8-5
3) Jaeger/Svigelj (USF) def. Shao/Boulieris (MU) 9-7
Singles:
1) Ales Svigelj (USF) def. Trent Hagan (MU) 6-2, 6-0
2) Marc Jaeger (USF) def. Stephen Shao (MU) 6-4, 6-2
3) Henning Hipp (USF) def. Mark Rutherford (MU) 7-6(5), 6-0
4) Mahmoud Hamed (USF) def. Brett Binkley (MU) 6-3, 6-1
5) Thomas Estrada (USF) def. Niko Boulieris (MU) 6-2, 6-2
6) Daniel Daudt (USF) def. Greg Sirotek (MU) 6-3, 6-1
Order of Finish: 5,1,4,6,3,2
USF: 6-6 Marquette: 6-5
