March 24, 2007

AUSTIN, Tx. - In the first ever match up between the two schools, the #13 University of Texas swept Marquette, 7-0, tonight at the Penick-Allison Tennis Center in Austin, Texas. The win improves the Longhorn's to 11-5, while the Golden Eagles drop to 9-7.

In doubles play, Marquette was unable to come away with any victories. Dimitar Kutrovsky and Josh Zavala defeated Brett Binkley and Mark Rutherford at no. 1, 8-4. The Golden Eagle tandem of Trent Hagan and Pete Van Lieshout dropped a tight match to Bernarhd Duessner and Luis Diaz Barriga, 8-6.

In singles, Binkley dropped the first set to Zavala at no. 3, but seemed to have control in the second set, up 3-0. Zavala fought back to win the match, 6-4, 6-4. Freshman Niko Boulieris fell to Rook Schellenberg at no. 5, 6-4, 6-4.

The Golden Eagles will play at Texas-San Antonio tomorrow at 10 a.m.

-COMPLETE RESULTS-

Singles

No. 1- Dimitar Kutrovsky (UT) def. Trent Hagan (MU) 6-4, 6-2
No. 2- Luis Diaz Barriga (UT) def. Stephen Shao (MU) 6-2, 6-4
No. 3- Milan Mihailovic (UT) def. Mark Rutherford (MU) 6-2, 6-1
No. 4- Josh Zavala (UT) def. Brett Binkley (MU) 6-4, 6-4
No. 5- Rook Schellenberg (UT) def. Niko Boulieris (MU) 6-4, 6-4
No. 6- Bernhard Duessner (UT) def. Pete Van Lieshout (MU) 6-2, 6-2

Doubles

No. 1- Kutrovsky/Zavala (UT) def. Binkley/Rutherford (MU) 8-4
No. 2- Duessner/Diaz Barriga (UT) def. Hagan/Van Lieshout (MU) 8-6
No. 3- Kane-West/Mihailovic (UT) def. Boulieris/Shao (MU) 8-6