No. 30 Men's Tennis Falls To No. 31 FSU In NCAA Regional
May 10, 2003
CORAL GABLES, Fla.-The No. 30 University of Miami men’s tennis team fell 4-2 to No. 31 Florida State in the first round of the NCAA Regionals in Gainesville, Fla.
The Hurricanes finish the season with a 13-8 overall record, while the Seminoles improve to 15-10 overall.
Miami took an early 1-0 lead winning two-of-three doubles matches. No. 30-ranked Andrew Golub and Colin Purcell defeated Alex Herrera and Romain Jurd 8-6 at No. 1 doubles.
Todd Widom teamed up with Eric Hechtman beating Mat Cloer and Rodrigo Laub at No. 2 doubles to clinch the doubles point.
No. 21-ranked Widom recorded the only singles point for the Hurricanes defeating Mat Cloer in straight sets 6-4, 6-4 at the No. 1 position.
Additionally, Widom was selected among 64 players to participate in the NCAA singles championships taking place May 21-26 in Athens, Ga.
Widom finished the regular season with a 22-8 singles mark and was named the Most Outstanding Performer at the BIG EAST Championship Tournament.
No. 31 FSU 4, No. 30 Miami 2
Singles
1. Todd Widom (UM) def. Mat Cloer (FSU) 6-4, 6-4
2. Romain Jurd (FSU) def. Andrew Golub (UM) 6-4, 5-7, 6-1
3. Chris Westerhof (FSU) def. Luis Manrique (UM) 6-2, 6-2
4. Colin Purcell (UM) vs. Chip Webb (FSU) DNF
5. Jeff Groslimond (FSU) def. Eric Hechtman (UM) 6-1, 1-6, 6-0
6. Rodrigo Laub (FSU) def. Chris Erikson (UM) 6-2, 6-1
Doubles
1. Andrew Golub/Colin Purcell (UM) def. Alex Herrera/Romain Jurd (FSU) 8-6
2. Todd Widom/Eric Hechtman (UM) def. Mat Cloer/Rodrigo Laub (FSU) 8-6
3. Chris Westerhof/Jeff Groslimond (FSU) def. Luis Manrique/Fabrizio Rotati (UM) 8-4
