April 12, 2003

TOLEDO, OH - The University of Toledo men's tennis team was defeated by Mid-American Conference foe Northern Illinois, 5-2, this afternoon at the UT Varsity Tennis Courts. With the loss the Rockets fall to 6-12 overall and 1-2 in conference play, while the Huskies improve to 1308 overall and 2-1 in the MAC.

In doubles action, the team of freshman Freddy Gomez and senior Dipesh Rao defeated NIU's Willy Gali and Stephen Guntly 8-3 at the No. 2 spot. UT did not receive a point, as a team must win at least two matches to claim the doubles point.

In singles action, Gomez downed Guntly (6-1, 6-1) at the No. 5 spot, while sophomore Mirsad Begic upended Ryan Schnack (6-2, 7-6).

"This match was about as close as it can get," Toledo Head Men's Tennis Coach Al Wermer said. "Northern Illinois just out played us at a couple of key intervals."

The Rockets will resume conference play tomorrow afternoon as they travel to Fort Wayne, IN to battle IUPU - Fort Wayne. Action is slated for a 1:00 p.m. start.

Northern Illinois 5, Toledo 2

Singles
No. 1	Raymond Van Wasbeek def. Khalid Al Nabhani (UT)	7-5, 6-4
No. 2	Willy Gali def. Dipesh Rao (UT)				6-7 (3), 6-1, 6-4
No. 3	Erick Martinez def. Tony Tran (UT)				6-7 (5), 6-2, 6-0
No. 4	Aaron Forsberg def. Tod Wojtkowski (UT)			6-2, 1-6, 6-4
No. 5	Freddy Gomez (UT) def. Stephen Guntly			6-1, 6-1
No. 6	Mirsad Begic def. Ryan Schnack 				6-2, 7-6 (3)

Doubles
No. 1	Martinez/Forsberg def. Al Nabhani/Tran (UT)		9-8 (5)
No. 2	Gomez/Rao (UT) def. Gali/Guntly				8-3
No. 3	Van Wasbeek/Schnack def. Begic/Wojtkowski (UT)		8-1