Saturday, October 16, 2004

            Columbia, S.C. (Oct. 16, 2004) - The East Tennessee State men's tennis team completed day two of the University of South Carolina Fall Invitational on Saturday night.

            Team captain, senior Fernando Fiuri (Villa Maria, Argentina) won his first match against Brandon Johnson of Radford 5-7, 6-2, 6-2 to advance. In the round of 16 he took on Austin Fenn of Elon and defeated him 6-4, 6-2 this morning to send him to quarterfinals where he was defeated by Liron Kling of SoCon rival school the College of Charleston.

            Also in singles action, senior Federico Ochoa (Manizales, Columbia) advanced to the quarterfinals with a 7-6, 6-3 win over Sebastian Bredberg of Elon, but fell in the quarterfinals to Parantap Chaturvedi of SCSU 6-4, 6-2.