March 3, 2002

Coral Gables, Fla. (www.hurricanesports.com) – The No. 35 University of Miami men’s tennis team defeated Wisconsin, 5-1 Sunday, March 3 at the Neil Schiff Tennis Center on the UM campus.

The Hurricanes took two of three doubles matches and four of six singles en route to a 5-1 decision over the Badgers.

Miami improves to 4-3 on the season, while Wisconsin falls to 6-3.

The Hurricanes got out to an early 1-0 lead winning the doubles match point. At the No. 2 spot Tomas Smid and Todd Widom routed Jason Gonzaga and Dave Hippic, 8-0.

The duo of Joel Berman and Jose Lieberman held off Danny Westerman and Alex Kasarov, 9-7 at the No. 3 doubles position.

In singles action, Widom led the way for the Hurricanes beating Westerman in straight sets, 6-4, 6-2 at No. 1 singles.

At the No. 2 spot Smid defeated Scott Rutherford in straight sets, 6-4, 6-4, while teammate Jose Lieberman overpowered Dave Hippic 6-1, 6-1 at the No. 3 position.

Maxime LePivert won his singles match defeating Gonzaga 6-3, 6-1 at the No. 5 spot. Due to time requirements, the No. 6 singles match between Tariq El Bassiouni and Scott Green was not completed.

The Hurricanes next go on the road to face TCU Friday, March 8 at 1:00 p.m. in Forth Worth, Texas.

Miami 5, Wisconsin 1

Singles

No. 1 Todd Widom (UM) def. Danny Westerman (UW) 6-4, 6-2
No. 2 Tomas Smid (UM) def. Scott Rutherford (UW) 6-4, 6-4
No. 3 Jose Lieberman (UM) def. Dave Hippic (UW) 6-1, 6-1
No. 4 Alex Kasarov (UW) def. Joel Berman (UM) 6-2, 3-6, 1-1 (retired/injury)
No. 5 Maxime LePivert (UM) def. Jason Gonzaga (UW) 6-3, 6-1
No. 6 El Bassiouni (UM) vs. Scott Green (UW) DNF

Doubles

No. 1 Green/Rutherford def. El Bassiouni/Justin Kinney 8-5
No. 2 Smid/Widom def. Gonzaga/Hippic 8-0
No. 3 Berman/Lieberman def. Westerman/Kasarov 9-7