Sunday, March 26, 2000

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. - Both the men's and women's tennis teams defeated Tennessee Tech with the men's team defeating the Golden Eagles, 5-2, while the women's team upended Tennessee Tech, 7-2.

The Tennessee Tech women fell to 2-4 on the season. The men's team, defending Ohio Valley Conference Champion and 1999 NCAA Tournament participant, fell to 10-8.

"I was really proud of our effort up and down the line," men's head coach Dave Mullins said. "We haven't peaked yet but we did enough to get the victory."

ETSU (8-5) will return to action on Friday, March 31 at 2:30 p.m. when they travel to Winthrop. The women's team (6-3) will return to action when they host Appalachian State on April 1 at 10 a.m.

Men's Singles
1. Mirza Duranovic (TT) def. Gustavo Gomez (ETSU) 6-3, 3-6, 6-1
2. Marcos Pavlovich (ETSU) def. Piotr Wawrzyniak (TT) 6-1, 6-3
3. Roberto Fernandez (ETSU) def. Simon Tremblay (TT) 6-2, 6-2
4. Juan Yannuzzi (ETSU) def. Heath Dwenger (TT) 6-0, 6-1
5. Julio Nunez (TT) def. Ricardo Nava (ETSU) 6-2, 6-4
6. Anthony Bugge (ETSU) def. Ryan O'Hara (TT) 6-3, 6-2 Men's Doubles
1. Duranovic/Dwenger (TT) def. Gomez/Yannuzzi (ETSU) 8-5
2. Pavlovich/Fernandez (ETSU) def. Wawrzyniak/Nunez (TT) 8-4
3. Nava/Keeter (ETSU) def. Tremblay/O'Hara (TT) 8-4

Women's Singles
1. Lupita Hernandez (TT) def. Paty Vega (ETSU) 7-6, 6-1
2. Mami Inoue (ETSU) def. Elena Delucca (TT) 6-1, 6-1
3. Rica Iida (ETSU) def. Anita Obando (TT) 6-0, 6-0
4. Megan Edwards (ETSU) def. Anastassia Mirnova (TT) 6-2, 6-1
5. Eglantine Vitse (ETSU) def. Barbara Soto (TT) 6-0, 6-3
6. Cara Prupas (ETSU) def. Carolina Melicoff (TT) 6-4, 6-2

Women's Doubles
1. Iida/Inoue (ETSU) def. Hernandez/Delucca (TT) 8-6
2. Edwards/Vega (ETSU) def. Mirnova/Melicoff (TT) 8-5
3. Obando/Soto (TT)) def. Vitse/Prupas (ETSU) 9-7