AUBURN, Ala. ? The No. 55 University of South Florida men's tennis team dropped their match to the No. 36 Auburn Tigers, 7-0, Friday afternoon at the Yarbrough Tennis Center.

Because ofbad weather in the area, the match was moved to Auburn's indoor tennis facility.

After falling behind by losing the doubles point, the Bulls couldn't muster any momentum in singles competition. Auburn won all six singles matches en route to the 7-0 victory.

Newly ranked Lucas Jovita (No. 67) took his match with No. 81 Tim Puetz into a third set but couldn't hang on, dropping the match at the No. 2 spot, 6-4, 2-6, 6-4.

The Bulls (3-3) will return home to face the Furman Paladins on Tuesday, February 26. First serve is set for 2 p.m. at the USF Varsity Tennis Courts.

MATCH RESULTS

#36 Auburn 7, #55 South Florida 0

Feb 22, 2008 at Auburn, Ala.

Singles competition

1. #59 Alexey Tsyrenov (AU) def. Mahmoud Hamed (USF) 6-3, 6-3

2. #81 Tim Puetz (AU) def. #67 Lucas Jovita (USF) 6-4, 2-6, 6-4

3. Lukas Marsoun (AU) def. Jamal Adderley (USF) 6-4, 6-3

4. Terence Nugent (AU) def. Diego Toledo (USF) 6-1, 6-1

5. Pawel Dilaj (AU) def. Michael Musslein (USF) 6-3, 7-5

6. Alex Petropoulos (AU) def. Thomas Estrada (USF) 6-2, 6-4

Doubles competition

1. #43 Tsyrenov/ Nugent (AU) def. Estrada/ Daudt (USF) 8-3

2. #31 Puetz/ Marsoun (AU) def. Jovita/ Musslein (USF) 8-4

3. Petropoulos/ Dilaj (AU) def. Adderley/ Toledo (USF) 8-5

Match Notes

South Florida 3-3; National ranking #55

Auburn 4-2; National ranking #36

Order of finish: Doubles (1,3,2); Singles (4,1,6,3,5,2)

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