Clemson Tennis Team Edges Miami

April 15, 2000

Clemson, SC – The 18th ranked University of Miami men’s tennis team dropped a heartbreaking 4-3 decision to No. 37 Clemson Friday evening at the Clemson Indoor Tennis Facility in Clemson, SC. The match was forced indoors due to rain.

Miami (15-4) fell behind early as Clemson (15-15) won the doubles point by winning two of the three doubles matches.

The Hurricanes battled back winning three of the first five singles matches in evening the score 3-3. The match came down to No. 6 singles where Clemson’s Eric Cohn edged Miami’s Joel Berman 6-4, 7-6 to clinch the win.

CLEMSON 4, MIAMI 3
Singles
1. #42 Josh Goffi (CU) d. Tomas Smid (UM) 7-6, 7-6
2. #53 Tomasz Boniecki (CU) d. Peter Hoffman 6-3, 6-2
3. Johan Lindqvist (UM) d. Marko Gojanovic (CU) 6-3, 6-3
4. Michael Lang (UM) d. Micah Thompson (CU) 6-3, 5-7, 6-4
5. Jose Lieberman (UM) d. Lee Porter (CU) 6-2, 6-2
6. Eric Cohn (CU) d. Joel Berman (UM) 6-4, 7-6
Doubles
1. #15 Goffi-Darren Knight (CU) d. #40 Smid-Hoffman (UM) 8-6
2. #49 Boniecki-Gojanovic (CU) d. Lieberman-Lang (UM) 8-3
3. Berman-Mark Arrowsmith (UM) d. Cohn-Sandon Barth (CU) 8-6