No. 14 Men's Tennis Defeats No. 46 South Florida, 4-3

March 24, 2001

CORAL GABLES, Fla.–Senior Peter Hoffman clinched the 4-3 win for the No. 14 Miami men’s tennis team Saturday afternoon over No. 46 South Florida at the USF Tennis Complex.

The Hurricanes (14-2) are on a five-match winning streak and are a perfect 3-0 on the road this season. The Bulls fall to 11-4 on the season.

The match came down to No. 4 singles where Hoffman defeated Jorge Escallon in a tiebreaker (6-2, 5-7, 7-6), 8-6, to clinch the victory for UM.

Miami won the doubles point with wins at No. 1 and No. 2 doubles.

Michael Lang handed Paco Antelo his first singles loss of the season with a 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 defeat at No. 1 singles.

Andrew Golub was the third Hurricane to earn a victory, he downed Eden Kleiman 7-5, 6-0 at No. 6 singles.

UM will host No. 10 Notre Dame Sunday April 1 at 12:30 p.m. at the Neil Schiff Tennis Center.

Singles

Michael Lang (UM) d. Paco Antelo (USF) 6-3, 3-6, 6-3

Boris Babic (USF) d. Tomas Smid (UM) 6-1, 6-4

Max Dockhorn (USF) d. Johan Lindqvist (UM) 6-3, 3-6, 7-5

Peter Hoffman (UM) d. Jorge Escallon (USF) 6-2, 5-7, 7-6 (8-6)

Jit Shat (USF) d. Jose Lieberman (UM) 7-6, 2-6, 6-3

Andrew Golub (UM) d. Eden Kleiman (USF) 7-5, 6-0

Doubles

Hoffman/Smid (UM) d. Antelo/Kleiman (USF) 8-5

Lang/Lieberman (UM) d. Babic/Escallon (USF) 8-3

Dockhorn/Wetzel (USF) d. Golub/Lindqvist (UM) 8-3