No. 43 Men's Tennis Beats Clemson, 5-2

April 13, 2002

CLEMSON, S.C. – The No. 43-ranked Miami men’s team won four singles matches and the doubles point as the Hurricanes defeated Clemson, 5-2, in Clemson, SC Saturday evening.

With the win, Miami improves to 9-8 on the year, while Clemson falls to 11-16 this season.

At number-one singles, No. 16 Todd Widom defeated Goran Sterijovski 6-4, 6-4. Widom paired with Tomas Smid and won at number-one doubles with a 9-7 victory over Clemson’s Marko Gojanovic and Sander Koning.

Smid, Jose Lieberman and Tarik El Bassiouni also won their singles matches.

The Hurricanes are back in action Sunday at 1 p.m. facing No. 46 Georgia Tech.

Singles
1. Todd Widom (UM) d. Goran Sterijovski (CU) 6-4, 6-4
2. Tomas Smid (UM) d. Jamin Thompson (CU) 6-3, 6-4
3. Damissa Robinson (CU) d. Joel Berman (UM) 6-3, 7-6
4. Sander Koning (CU) d. Andrew Golub (UM) 6-0, 6-1
5. Jose Lieberman (UM) d. Marko Gojanovic (CU) 6-1, 6-7, 6-2
6. Tarik El Bassiouni (UM) d. Nathan Thompson (CU) 6-3, 6-2

Doubles
1. Smid-Didom (UM) d. Gojanovic-Koning (CU) 9-7
2. El Bassiouni-Berman (UM) d. Sterijovski-Rorbinson (CU) 9-8
3. Micah Robinson-N. Thompson (CU) d. Lieberman-Golub (UM) 8-2