Jan. 18, 2003

Toledo, OH - The University of Toledo men's tennis team fell to DePaul, 5-2, at the Laurel Hill Tennis Club on Saturday.

The Rockets took the doubles point from the Blue Demons, but lost five of the six singles matches. No. 5 singles Mirsad Begic was the only Rocket to win his match. Begic and Cassio Salge also won the No. 3 doubles match, while Dipesh Rao and Todd Wotjkowski captured the No. 1 singles battle.

UT sophomore Tony Tran was forced to withdraw from his singles match due to an injury. Tran was hit directly in the eye by a ball and was taken to Toledo Hospital for a complete examination.

"We had a couple of bright spots, but after the doubles matches I was expecting to do better in the singles," said Coach Al Wermer.

Toledo's next match is Wednesday at Ohio State.

DePaul 5, Toledo 2

Doubles
1. Rao/Wotjkowski (UT) def. Michael/Davidson (DU) 8-6
2. Kotrzco/Huffman (DU) def. Gomez/Tran (UT) 8-2
3. Begic/Salge (UT) def. Wong/Fezzler (DU) 8-6

Singles
1. Michael (DU) def. Rao (UT) 7-6, 6-3
2. Kotrzco (DU) def. Wotjkowski (UT) 6-2, 6-4
3. Davidson (DU) def. Gomez (UT) 7-5, 6-3
4. Wong (DU) def. Tran (UT) 6-4, 2-6, 1-0 (ret.)
5. Begic (UT) def. Huffman (DU) 4-6, 7-6 (10-8)
6.Fezzler (DU) def. Barden (UT) 6-2, 6-2