University of Denver
Air Force
Pioneer Men's Tennis Downs Air Force, 5-2
4/8/2000 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
"Our 15-7 dual record exceeded all of our preseason goals," said Oertel. "It was also a program goal to beat Air Force by the fourth year of my career here at Denver. This win stopped a three-match losing streak that puts us back on course going into the conference tournament."
Denver won the first point of the competition by sweeping the doubles competition with a shuffled doubles lineup. Junior Boris Turkic (Samobor, Croatia) and sophomore Jay Patel (Ahmedabad, India) completed the sweep with a 9-7 win over the Falcons Tom DeAngelis and Nolan Cooper at No. 1.
In singles competition, the Pioneers picked up wins from No. 1 Tomasz Wawrzyniak (Inowroclaw, Poland), No. 2 Turkic, No. 4 Patel, and No. 5 Lachlan, Menzies (Perth, Australia). Wawrzyniak beat DeAngelis, 7-6 (4), 6-2 for the fifth Denver point.
Denver moves on to the Sun Belt Conference Tournament, April 14-16, in Lafayette, La. Three men's tennis teams in the Sun Belt Conference are currently ranked in the top 75 in the nation - Louisiana-Lafayette (No. 26), South Alabama (No. 29) and Arkansas-Little Rock (No. 40). Two future SBC schools are also nationally ranked - Middle Tennessee State and New Mexico State.
Denver 5, Air Force 2 - April 8, 2000SinglesNo. 1 Tomasz Wawrzyniak (DEN) d. Tom DeAngelis (AFA) 7-6 (4), 6-2No. 2 Boris Turkic (DEN) d. Nolan Cooper (AFA) 6-4, 6-4No. 3 Kyle Rainey (AFA) d. Magnus Ramfelt (DEN) 6-1, 2-6, 6-4No. 4 Jay Patel (DEN) d. Eric Pittman (AFA) 6-1, 6-2No. 5 Lachlan Menzies (DEN) d. Doug Fike (AFA) 6-0, 6-4No. 6 Chris Zielinski (AFA) d. Trevor Young (DEN) 7-5, 6-1DoublesNo. 1 Turkic/Patel (DEN) d. DeAngelis/Cooper (AFA) 9-7No. 2 Wawrzyniak/Menzies (DEN) d. C. Zielinski/Greg Zielinski (AFA) 8-6No. 3 Ramfelt/Young (DEN) d. Pittman/Fike (AFA) 8-5
