No. 14 Men's Tennis Edges Cornell, 4-3

March 22, 2001

CORAL GABLES, Fla.–Senior Tomas Smid clinched the 4-3 win for the No. 14-ranked University of Miami men’s tennis team over Cornell Thursday night at the Neil Schiff Tennis Center.

The Hurricanes improve to 13-2 overall, while the Big Red fall to 11-2 on the season.

Smid defeated Mike Halperin 6-2, 7-5 at No. 1 giving Miami the win.

Miami won the doubles point with wins at No. 1 and No. 2 doubles. Smid teamed up with Peter Hoffman downing Halperin and Stefan Paulovic 8-4 on court No. 1, while Michael Lang and Jose Lieberman beat Greg Artzt and Pat Hagan 8-2 on court No. 2.

Tarik El Bassouni improves to 2-0 on the season with a win over Scott Paltrowitz 6-4, 6-3 at No. 6 singles.

Johan Lindqvist defeated Chris Lewis at No. 3 singles 6-1, 6-4 improving to 13-2 on the season.

The Hurricanes are back in action Saturday, traveling to face No. 46 South Florida.

Singles

1. Tomas Smid (UM) d. Mike Halperin (CU) 6-2, 7-5

2. Johan Lindqvist (UM) d. Chris Lewis (CU) 6-1, 6-4

3. Greg Artzt (CU) d. Peter Hoffman (UM) 6-4, 7-5

4. Stefan Paulovic (CU) d. Jose Lieberman (UM) 7-6 (3), 1-6, 6-1

5. Zach Gallin (CU) d. Andrew Golub (UM) 7-5, 6-3

6. Tarik El Bassouni (UM) d. Scott Paltrowitz 6-4, 6-3

Doubles

1. Hoffman/Smid (UM) d. Halperin/Paulovic (CU) 8-4

2. Lang/Lieberman (UM) d. Artzt/ Hagan (CU) 8-2

3. Zach Gallin/Michael Mestel (CU) d. Golub/Lindqvist (UM) 8-3