Men's Tennis Falls 4-1 To South Florida at NCAA Regionals

May 11, 2002

Gainesville, Fla. – The No. 36 University of Miami men’s tennis team fell 4-1 to No. 25 South Florida in the first round of the NCAA Regionals in Gainesville, Fla.

South Florida took an early 1-0 lead winning two of three doubles matches and cruised through singles competition taking four of six matches, eliminating the Hurricanes from tournament play.

The Hurricanes finish the season with a 12-10 overall record, while the Bulls improve to 17-4, including a 2-0 mark against Miami this season.

No. 33 freshman Todd Widom recorded the only point for the Hurricanes defeating No. 91 Martin Wetzel in straight sets 6-3, 6-1 at the No. 1 position.

Additionally, Widom was selected among 64 players to participate in the NCAA singles championships taking place on Wednesday, May 22 at College Station, Texas. Widom finished the regular season with a 28-6 singles mark and was named the Most Outstanding Performer at the BIG EAST Championship Tournament.

Miami 1, South Florida 4

Singles
No. 1 Todd Widom (UM) def. Martin Wetzel (USF) 6-3, 6-1
No. 2 Paco Antelo (USF) def. Tomas Smid (UM) 6-1, 6-4
No. 3 Andrew Golub (UM) vs. Dan McCain (USF) DNF
No. 4 Uli Kiendi (USF) def. Jose Lieberman (UM) 6-3, 6-3
No. 5 Tarik El Bassiouni (UM) vs. Nadim Naser (USF) DNF
No. 6 Jorge Escallon (USF) def. Maxime Le Pivert (UM) 7-5, 6-0

Doubles
No. 1 Antelo/Kiendi (USF) vs. Widom/Smid (UM) DNF
No. 2 McCain/Wetzel (USF) def. Joel Berman/El Bassiouni (UM) 8-6
No. 3 Escallon/Naser (USF) def. Golub/Lieberman (UM) 8-4