March 28, 2008

CINCINNATI -- The Xavier men's tennis team defeated Temple, 5-2, Friday afternoon at the Temple Pavilion in Philadelphia, Pa. The Musketeers improve to 12-8 overall and 5-1 in Atlantic 10 play with the conference win while the Owls fall to 4-12 on the year and 2-5 in A-10 action.

Junior Doug Matthews clenched a 6-1, 6-2 win over Temple's Ricardo Velazquez in the No. 1 position while sophomore Chris Herrlinger beat TU's Lawrence Carpio 6-3, 6-2.  Junior Ra'ees Ismail claimed a singles win 6-1, 6-0 over Pavlos Stephanides in the No. 3 position. Junior Mike Dieciuc won 6-0, 6-1 over Andrew Choi.

The Musketeers won all three of the doubles matches against the Owls including an 8-3 win in No. 1 doubles by Matthews and Herrlinger.  

XU will return to action Saturday March 29 against Saint Joseph's in Philadelphia, Pa. First serve is set for 2:30 p.m.

Xavier 5, Temple 2

Singles

1. Doug Matthews (XU) def. Ricardo Velazquez (TU) 6-1, 6-2

2. Chris Herrlinger (XU) def. Lawrence Carpio (TU) 6-3, 6-2

3. Ra'ees Ismail (XU) def. Pavlos Stephanides (TU) 6-1, 6-0

4. Eduardo Seevedra (TU) def. J.T. Torbeck (XU) 6-7 (7), 6-4, 1-0 (8)

5. Zach Tobias (TU) def. Brian Schubert (XU) 6-3, 6-2

6. Mike Dieciuc (XU) def. Andrew Choi (TU) 6-0, 6-1

Doubles

1. Matthews/Herrlinger (XU) def. Stephanides/Carpio (TU) 8-3

2. Ismail/Torbeck (XU) def. Valazquez/Saavedra (TU) 8-6

3. Palmenter/Starr (XU) def. Tobias/Choi (TU) 8-5