FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 3-19-03

Men's Tennis: No. 1 Drury 7, No. 9 AASU 2

WINTER PARK, Fla. – The top-ranked Drury men’s tennis team remained undefeated on the 2003 season with a 7-2 victory over No. 9-ranked Armstrong Atlantic State in Winter Park, Fla., on Wednesday afternoon, on the campus of Rollins College.

The Pirates got off to a good start as the No. 3-ranked doubles duo of Achim Roth and Dale White defeated the No. 4-ranked doubles duo of Jeremy Blandin and Regnier Azevedo, 8-5, at #1 doubles. Drury picked up the other two doubles wins, however, and went on to win five of six singles matches to improve to 10-0 on the year. AASU fell to 7-2.

The Pirates’ only singles win came at No. 4 singles as Achim Roth defeated Mattias Oddone, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4, to give AASU its other point.

The Pirates are next in action on Thursday, March 20, as they travel to No. 23-ranked Florida Gulf Coast in Ft. Myers, Fla., for a 2:00 p.m. match.

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Men: Drury 7, AASU 2

Singles
#1 – Jeremy Blandin (DU) def. Roger Thiele (AASU) 6-0, 6-4
#2 – Hicham Fathi (DU) def. David Secker (AASU) 6-1, 3-6, 6-0
#3 – Javier Llanes (DU) def. Dale White (AASU) 6-4, 6-4
#4 – Achim Roth (AASU) def. Mattias Oddone (DU) 6-4, 3-6, 6-4
#5 – Regnier Azevedo (DU) def. Jonas Askeland (AASU) 6-1, 6-3
#6 – Younes Limam (DU) def. Tim Offermann (AASU) 6-1, 6-4

Doubles
#1 – Roth/White (AASU) def. Blandin/Azevedo (DU) 8-5
#2 – Llanes/Oddone (DU) def. Offermann/Thiele (AASU) 8-4
#3 – Fathi/Akos Tajta (DU) def. Askeland/Secker (AASU) 9-7
Records: AASU (7-2), Drury (10-0)