Feb. 23, 2002

The University of Denver men's tennis team fell to Illinois State, 7-0 on Saturday afternoon at Las Cruces, N.M.

Denver began the contest with three doubles matches, but suffered a 3-0 sweep to the Redbirds. The Pioneer duo of Trevor Young and Urban Lubjic battled to an 8-8 tie in the opening set but lost the tie-break 7-5. Denver's No. 2 doubles team rallied late in its match but came up short, losing 9-7.

No. 1 singles player Magnus Ramfelt was victorious in the opening set of his bout, 6-4 but could not close the door in the second and fell 4-6 in consecutive sets to lose the match. The Redbirds dominated the remainder of the singles contests and denied a Denver a set in the final five matches.

Denver will close out the weekend tomorrow (Feb. 23) against Arkansas State in Las Cruces, N.M.

RESULTS
Singles
#1 - Jason Smit (ISU) def. Magnus Ramfelt, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4
#2 - Ricky Heath (ISU) def. Urban Lubjic, 6-1, 6-3
#3 - Ciaron Foley (ISU) def. Hans Peter Gaber, 6-3, 7-6
#4 - Ben Pettinari (ISU) def. Jason Tan, 6-3, 6-3
#5 - Marek Blaskovic (ISU) def. Trevor Young, 6-4, 6-1
#6 - Andy Martin (ISU) def. Bob Matteson, 6-3, 7-6

Doubles
#1 - Heath/Blaskovic (ISU) def. Young/Lubjic, 9-8 (5)
#2 - Foley/Pettinari (ISU) def. Ramfelt/Gaber, 9-7
#3 - Smit/Martin (ISU) def. Young/Menzies, 8-4