No.35 UM Men's Tennis Powers By Western Michigan, 6-1

Feb. 23, 2002

South Bend, Ind. – Miami powered past Western Michigan, 6-1, in men’s tennisaction at South Bend, Indiana on Saturday.

The No.35 Hurricanes evened their record to 2-2. The Broncos fall to 7-6.

In doubles, the duo of junior Andrew Golub (Miami, Fla.) and freshman Andrew McDade(South Africa) won 8-5 and seniors Tomas Smid (Prague, Czech Republic) and JoseLieberman (Los Angeles, Calif.) picked up a victory.

Freshman Todd Widom (Coral Springs, Fla.) and senior Tarik El Bassiouni (Stroudsburg,PA) were defeated 9-7.

UM won the doubles point by winning two of the three matches.

In singles action, Miami won five of six matches.

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No. 35 Miami 6, Western Michigan 1
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Singles
1. Todd Widom (UM) def. Ravishankar Pathanjali (WMU) 6-1, 2-6, 7-6 (8)
2. Tomas Smid (UM) def. Christian Brattstrom (WMU) 7-6, 6-3
3. Jose Lieberman (UM) def. Ryan Maarschalk (WMU) 6-4, 1-6, 6-4
4. Andrew Golub (UM) def. Justin Kates (WMU) 6-2, 7-6 (3)
5. Tom Dennis (WMU) def. Andrew McDade (UM) 6-2, 7-6 (4)
6. Tarik El Bassiouni (UM) def. Mike Findling (WMU) 5-7, 6-4, 6-3

Doubles
1. Golub/McDade (UM) def. Pathanjali/Maarschalk (WMU) 8-5
2. Smid/Lieberman (UM) def. Kai Blache/Brattstrom (WMU)
3. Findling/Dennis (WMU) def. Widom/El Bassiouni (UM) 9-7