No. 25 Men's Tennis Beats No. 53 Notre Dame, 6-1

March 30, 2003

CORAL GABLES, Fla.-The No. 25-ranked Miami men’s tennis team won its sixth match in a row with a 6-1 victory over No. 53 Notre Dame Sunday afternoon at the Neil Schiff Tennis Center.

The Hurricanes improve to 12-5 on the season while the Fighting Irish fall to 6-10 overall.

Miami leads the all-time series 16-8 over Notre Dame.

The Hurricanes won No. 1 and No. 2 doubles taking the early lead in the match. Colin Purcell teamed up with Andrew Golub to beat Brent D’Amico and Matt Scott 8-3 at No. 1 doubles.

On court No. 2 Todd Widom and Eric Hechtman defeated Luis Haddock and Brian Farrell 8-6.

Miami went on to take five-of-six singles matches from Notre Dame in the winning effort.

Widom beat Haddock in straight sets 6-1, 6-3 at No. 1 singles, while Purcell and John Hoyes also won in straight sets at No. 5 and No. 6 singles for the Hurricanes.

Luis Manrique lost the first set to D’Amico at No. 3 singles but rallied to win the next two earning his fourth straight win.

Hechtman won his first set 6-3 and was winning the second set 5-4 when Farrell retired.

The Hurricanes return to action travelling to face No. 43 South Florida Saturday at Noon.

No. 25 Miami 6, No. 53 Notre Dame 1
Singles
1. Todd Widom (UM) def. Luis Haddock (ND) 6-1, 6-3
2. Matt Scott (ND) def. Andrew Golub (UM) 6-4, 6-2
3. Luis Manrique (UM) def. Brent D’Amico (ND) 2-6, 6-2, 1-0 (8)
4. Eric Hechtman (UM) def. Brian Farrell (ND) 6-3, 5-4 ret.
5. Colin Purcell (UM) def. Nicolas Lopez (ND) 6-2, 6-2
6. John Hoyes (UM) def. Eric Langenkamp (ND) 6-1, 6-2

Doubles
1. Purcell/Golub (UM) def. D’Amico/Scott (ND) 8-3
2. Widom/Hechtman (UM) def. Haddock/Farrell (ND) 8-6
3. Paul McNaughton/Ben Hatten (ND) def. Manrique/Hoyes (UM) 8-4