Men's Tennis Wins Second Straight, Defeats Monmouth 4-3

MELBOURNE, Fla. (March 12, 2008) - The University of Connecticut men's tennis team wrapped up a three-match Spring Break trip with a 4-3 win over Monmouth Wednesday. The Huskies are now 7-5 on the year.

UConn started the day off by capturing two of three doubles matches to take the 1--0 team lead heading into singles action. From there, the Huskies captured wins in flights three, five and six to pull out the win. They have now won two consecutive matches and three in the young spring season.

Joey Michaels (Rochester Hills, Mich.) defeated Pedro Bruno in three sets, 4-6, 7-5, 7-5. Tom Cook (Pittsford, N.Y.) also took three sets to take down his opponent, Tim McLane, 2-6, 6-4, 6-1.

Christian Malerba (Derby, Conn.), who has now won three straight singles matches, was the only one to put away his opponent in two sets. He defeated Vik Gupta, 6-1, 6-4 in the no. 5 spot.

The Huskies return to action March 20 against Quinnipiac at 2:00 p.m. in Storrs.

SINGLES

1 Benjamin Evenden (MU) def. Joe Goldstein (UC): 6-1, 7-6
2 Tim Corrie (MU) def. Ben Schueler (UC): 3-6, 6-1, 7-6
3 Joey Michaels (UC) def. Pedro Bruno (MU): 4-6, 7-5, 7-5
4 Corey Forrest (MU) def. Andrew Marcus (UC): 6-3, 4-6, 6-3
5 Christian Malerba (UC) def. Vik Gupta (MU): 6-1, 6-4
6 Tom Cook (UC) def. Tim McLane (MU): 2-6, 6-4, 6-1
 

DOUBLES
1 Goldstein/Schueler (UC) def. Evendon/Corrie (MU): 8-5
2 Michaels/Malerba (UC) def. Bruno/McLane (MU): 8-6
3 Forrent/Gupta (MU) def. Cook/Marcus (UC):  8-6