Men’s tennis wins one, loses one at Alvamar

By Staff     Jan 29, 2001

The weekend saw both good tidings and bad for KU’s men’s tennis team. The Jayhawks jumped out to a 3-0 lead in Arkansas-Little Rock en route to a 4-1 victory. Kansas then faltered in the late-going against Middle Tennessee State, losing 4-3.

Kansas 4, Arkansas-Little Rock 1

Singles

Rodrigo Echagaray, KU, def. Mariano Pettigrosso, 6-3, 6-5 (7-5).

Eleazar Magallan, KU, def. Domenico Marra, 6-1, 6-2.

Quentin Blakeney, KU, def. Juan Carlos Baca, 6-3, 6-5 (7-2).

Luciano Diez, UALR, def. Pete Stroer, 6-4, 6-4.

Doubles

Blakeney-Stroer, KU, def. Diez-Poutchinets, 8-4.

Alex Barragan-Andrew Metzler, KU, def. Baca-Murali, 8-2.

Middle Tennessee State 4, Kansas 3

Singles

Daniel Klemetz, MT, def. Echagaray, 6-3, 1-6, 1-0 (10-1).

Robert Gustafsson, MT, def. Magallan, 6-5 (7-4), 5-6 (1-7), 1-0 (10-7).

Blakeney def. Oliver Foreman, MT, 3-6, 6-3, 1-0 (10-7).

Stroer def. Michael Staniak, MT, 6-3, 5-6 (5-7), 1-0 (11-9).

Metzler def. Trevor Short, MT, 5-6 (4-7), 6-3, 1-0 (10-6).

Mark Pellerin, MT, def. Barragan, 1-6, 6-4, 1-0 (10-7).

Doubles

Foreman-Gustafsson, MT, def. Echagaray-Magallan, 8-6.

Klemetz-Staniak, MT, def. Blakeney-Stroer, 8-3.

Barragan-Metzler def. Short-Pellerin, MT, 9-7.

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