Men's Tennis Falls To Notre Dame In Title Match

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April 21, 2002

CORAL GABLES, Fla.–The No. 3-seeded University of Miami men’s tennis team fell 4-1 to top-seeded Notre Dame in the BIG EAST Championship match Sunday afternoon at the Neil Schiff Tennis Center.

No. 43-ranked Miami, the defending BIG EAST Champions, fall to 12-9 on the season while No. 10-ranked Notre Dame improves to 21-6 overall.

The Fighting Irish jumped out early taking the doubles point with wins at No. 1 and No. 2 doubles.

Freshman Todd Widom defeated Javier Taborga, 6-2, 7-5, at No. 1 singles, but Notre Dame proved too much for the Hurricanes taking wins at No. 2, No. 5 and No. 6 singles for the win.

Widom was named Most Outstanding Performer of the tournament.

Miami has won seven BIG EAST Championship titles in the last 10 years.

Men’s Championship Match -No. 1 Notre Dame def. No. 3 Miami – 4-1
Doubles
No. 1 Javier Taborga/Matt Scott (ND) def. Tomas Smid/Todd Widom (UM) 8-4
No. 2 Ashok Raju/Aaron Talarico (ND) def. Joel Berman/Tarik El Bassiouni (UM) 8-3
No. 3 Luis Haddock/Brent D’Amico (ND) vs. Andrew Golub/Jose Lieberman (UM) DNF
Singles
No. 1 Todd Widom (UM) def. Javier Taborga (ND) 6-2, 7-5
No. 2 Casey Smith (ND) def. Tomas Smid (UM) 6-4, 6-4
No. 3 Aaron Talarico (ND) vs. Andrew Golub (UM) DNF
No. 4 Luis Haddock (ND) vs. Jose Lieberman (UM) DNF
No. 5 Matt Scott (ND) def. Joel Berman (UM) 6-4, 6-3
No. 6 Andrew Laflin (ND) def. Tarik El Bassiouni (UM) 6-1, 6-4