No. 16 Men's Tennis Downs No. 35 Rice, 4-3

April 14, 2001

CORAL GABLES, Fla.–The No. 16-ranked Miami men’s tennis team closed out the regular season with a 4-3 win over No. 35 Rice Saturday afternoon at the Neil Schiff Tennis Center.

Miami improves to 17-3 on the season, while Rice falls to 17-4.

The Hurricanes won the doubles point with wins at No. 1 and No. 3 doubles. Peter Hoffman and Tomas Smid teamed up on court No. 1 downing Richard Barker and Vuk Rajevac 9-7. Andrew Golub and Johan Lindqvist defeated Cody Jackson and William Barker 8-4 at the No. 3 spot.

The three UM seniors, Michael Lang, Lindqvist and Hoffman won their final matches as Hurricanes to put Miami on top 4-3.

No. 70 Lang defeated R. Barker 6-3, 6-4 at No. 1 singles, while Lindqvist downed W. Barker 6-4, 6-3 at No. 3 singles. Hoffman beat Rajevac in straight sets on court No. 4 6-3, 7-5.

Miami returns to action for the BIG EAST Tennis Championships, April 20-22, at the Neil Schiff Tennis Center in Coral Gables.

Singles

Michael Lang (UM) d. Richard Barker (Rice) 6-3, 6-4

Matt Mathaes (Rice) d. Tomas Smid (UM) 6-4, 6-4

Johan Lindqvist (UM) d. Will Barker (Rice) 6-4, 6-3

Peter Hoffman (UM) d. Vuk Rajevac (Rice) 6-3, 7-5

Alexis Pourchet (Rice) d. Jose Lieberman (UM) 1-6, 7-5, 6-0

Fabien Giraud (Rice) d. Andrew Golub (UM) 4-6, 7-5, 7-6

Doubles

Hoffman/Smid (UM) d. R. Barker/Rajevac (Rice) 9-7

Lang/Lieberman (UM) vs Mathaes/Pourchet (Rice) 7-6 DNF

Golub/Lindqvist (UM) d. Jackson/W. Barker (Rice) 8-4