Murray State University Athletics
Racers win 4-3 at Eastern Illinois
4/10/2005 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
The Murray State men's tennis team, trailing 1-0 after doubles play, won four of the six singles matches to forge a 4-3 win at Ohio Valley Conference rival Eastern Illinois this morning.
Yuri Pompeu's win at No. 3 singles over Ryan Blankenbaker, 6-2, 5-7, 6-2, decided the match.
In other singles matches, Fadi Zamjaoui won at No. 1 singles over Chuck Levaque 6-2, 6-3, while Jeff Lester won at No. 4 singles over Chris Thomas 6-3, 6-2, and Hunter Gerlach won at No. 5 singles over Eric Stuertz 6-4, 6-2. Chris Morgan fell at No. 2 singles to Brandon Lenfert 6-2, 6-3, while Clayton Clark lost at No. 6 singles to Stan Bush 6-2, 4-6, 6-0.
In doubles play, Morgan and Zamjaoui won at No. 1 doubles over Lenfert and Thomas 8-3 in the eight-game pro set, but Gerlach and Pompeu fell at No. 2 doubles to Bush and Levaque 9-8, and Clark and Lester lost at No. 3 doubles to Blankenbaker and Stuertz 9-7.
Murray State hosts Austin Peay tomorrow (Monday) at 2 p.m. at MSU's intramural courts, then will close out the regular-season schedule at Tennessee-Martin on Tuesday.
