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Men's Tennis Falls To Cleveland State, 6-1

ORLANDO, Fla. (March 10, 2008) - Christian Malerba (Derby, Conn.) was the lone point scorer as the University of Connecticut men's tennis team fell to Cleveland State, 6-1, Monday afternoon in its first of three spring break matches. The Huskies are now 1-5 on the season.

Malerba defeated Cleveland State's Rob West in the no. 5 singles match in three hard-fought sets, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3. In addition, he partnered with Joey Michaels (Rochester Hills, Mich.) in no. 2 doubles to come up with an 8-3 win vs. Rob West and Robert Fox.

The Huskies return to action Tuesday against Valparaiso at noon.

SINGLES

1 Phil Orno (CS) def. Joe Goldstein (UC): 6-4, 6-2
2 Ryan Hamning (CS) def. Ben Schueler (UC): 6-1, 6-2
3 Brad Groleski (CS) def. Joey Michaels (UC): 6-4, 7-6
4 Chris Klepatz (CS) def. Andrew Marcus (UC): 6-1, 6-0
5 Christian Malerba (UC) def. Rob West (CS): 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
6 Robert Fox (CS) def. Tom Cook (UC): 6-4, 7-6
 
DOUBLES
1 Orno/Hamning (CS) def. Schueler/Goldstein (UC): 8-4
2 Michaels/Malerba (UC) def. West/Fox (CS): 8-3
3 Groleski/Klepatz (CS) def. Cook/Marcus (UC): 8-0

 


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