Feb. 5, 2008

The BU men's tennis team (3-2, 1-1 America East) stumbled out of the gate in conference play this spring losing to America East rival UMBC, 6-1, Saturday, Feb. 2 at the Track and Tennis Center.

Sophomore Jeff Chudacoff (Highland Park, Ill.) had the lone win for the Terriers in singles play. He defeated Nick Savage-Pollock 6-4, 7-6 (3) in second singles. The Retrievers made a clean sweep of doubles play and won the other five singles matches.

BU will return to action Feb. 13 when they host the University of Rhode Island at 3 p.m. in the Track and Tennis Center.

Doubles

1: Giulio Gallarotti/Jeff Chudacoff (BU) lost to Jackson/Shamasdin (UMBC) 4-8

2: Tim Sichler/Charles Weinstein (BU) lost to Ferreria/Savage-Pollock (UMBC) 1-8

3: Phil DeMeo/Miron Nissim (BU) lost to Meyer/Bricker (UMBC) 3-8

Singles

1 Gulio Gallarotti (BU) lost to Chris Meyer (UMBC) 6-4, 3-6, 0-6

2 Jeff Chudacoff (BU) def. Nick Savage-Pollock (UMBC) 6-4, 7-6 (3)

3 Miron Nissim (BU) lost to Irfan Shamasdin (UMBC) 5-7, 1-6

4 Hans Sapra (BU) lost to David Jackson (UMBC) 3-6, 1-6

5 Daniel Frid (BU) lost to Logan Bricker (UMBC) 4-6, 6-7 (2)

6 Tim Sichler (BU) lost to Fernando Ferreria (UMBC) 1-6, 6-4, (7-10)