No. 13 Men's Tennis Downs UAB, 5-2

April 7, 2001

CORAL GABLES, Fla.–The No. 13-ranked Miami men’s tennis team downed Alabama Birmingham 5-2 Saturday afternoon in Mobile, Ala.

The Hurricanes improve to 16-3 on the season, while the Blazers fall to 5-8 overall.

Miami jumped out early with wins at all three doubles. No. 45 Peter Hoffman and Tomas Smid defeated Tom Dalby and Rusty Walker 8-3 at No. 1 doubles. Michael Lang teamed up with Jose Lieberman to edge Alex Jung and Andre van der Merwe 9-7 at the No. 2 spot and Andrew Golub and Tarik El Bassouni beat Sanzaruz Zaman and Alan Ambrose 8-6 on court No. 3.

No. 70 Lang beat van der Merwe in three sets 6-4, 1-6, 6-2 at No. 1 singles.

Hoffman, Lieberman and Golub downed their opponents in straight sets at No. 4, 5 and 6 singles en route to the 5-2 victory.

Miami will host No. 38 Rice Saturday at 11 a.m. in its final match of the season.

Singles

1. #70 Michael Lang (UM) d. Andre van der Merwe (UAB) 6-4, 1-6, 6-2

2. Tom Dalby (UAB) d. Tomas Smid (UM) 7-6 (4), 6-4

3. Alex Jung (UAB) d. Johan Lindqvist (UM) 0-6, 6-3, 6-3

4. Peter Hoffman (UM) d. Rusty Walker (UAB) 6-1, 6-2

5. Jose Lieberman (UM) d. Alan Ambrose (UAB) 6-2, 6-1

6. Andrew Golub (UM) d. Sanzaruz Zaman (UAB) 6-3, 6-4

Doubles

1. #45 Hoffman/Smid (UM) d. Dalby/Walker (UAB) 8-3

2. Lang/Lieberman (UM) d. Jung/ van der Merwe (UAB) 9-7

3. Golub/El Bassouni (UM) d. Zaman/Ambrose (UAB) 8-6