Hurricanes Impressive in Fall Debut

Sept. 16, 2005

CORAL GABLES, Fla. –

The University of Miami won four-of-six singles matches in straight sets while sweeping all three doubles matches against Georgia Southern Friday afternoon in their first action of the 2005 fall season at the 2005 Hurricane Invitational at the Neil Schiff Tennis Center.<?xml:namespace prefix=”o” ns=”urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office”?>

In singles play, junior Josh Cohen, who is ranked 20^th nationally, cruised past Lasha Janashia of <?xml:namespace prefix=”st1″ ns=”urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags”?>Georgia Southern, winning in straight sets, 6-0, 6-0. Junior Luigi D’Agord, an All-SEC transfer from Alabama who is ranked 26^th in the country, claimed his first win as a Hurricane, downing Vincent Patry of GSU, 6-4, 6-4.

Senior Tim Krebs – ranked 62^nd – upended the Eagles’ Charles-Henri Trottet, 6-2, 6-1, while sophomore Vivek Subramanian overtook Neil Shine of Georgia Southern, 6-2, 6-1 and senior John Hoyes downed Phillip Prins, 6-2, 4-6, 6-1.

In doubles play, Krebs and D’Agord defeated Patry and Prins, 8-3, Cohen and Subramanian downed Janashia and Tingen, 9-8 (5) and Hoyes and junior P.J. Passalacqua overtook Trottet and Shine, 8-1 as UM claimed all three doubles matches.

The Hurricanes return to action Saturday to face in-state rival Stetson at 11 a.m. at the second day of competition at the 2005 Hurricane Invitational.

Hurricane Invitational

University of Miami (UM) vs. Georgia Southern University (GSU)

September 16, 2005

Singles

(20) Josh Cohen (UM) def. Lasha Janashia (GSU); 6-0, 6-0

(26) Luigi D’Agord (UM) def. Vincent Patry (GSU); 6-4, 6-4

(62) Tim Krebs (UM) def. Charles-Henri Trottet (GSU); 6-2, 6-1

John Hoyes (UM) def. Phillip Prins (GSU); 6-4, 4-6, 6-2

Vivek Subramanian (UM) def. Neil Shine (GSU); 6-2, 6-1

Daniel Harden (GSU) def. Ryan Waits (UM); 6-2 (ret)

Doubles

Luigi D’Agord/Tim Krebs (UM) def. Vincent Patry/Phillp Prins (GSU); 8-3

Josh Cohen/Vivek Subramanian (UM) def. Lasha Janashia/Nathan Tingen (GSU); 9-8 (5)

P.J. Passalacqua/John Hoyes (UM) def. Charles-Henri Trottet/Neil Shine (GSU); 8-1