For Immediate Release: February 3, 2006
Contact: John Hartrick (hartrick@binghamton.edu)
Phone: 607-777-6800

BU men's tennis blanked by Columbia 7-0 in spring season opener

NEW YORK, N.Y. - Binghamton men's tennis (3-2) opened its spring semester schedule with a 7-0 loss to Columbia Friday afternoon from the Dick Savitt Tennis Center. The Lions captured all three doubles matches before sweeping the six singles contests.

"Columbia is clearly better but the scores didn't quite indicate our competitiveness," head coach Michael Starke said. "We're hoping to gain from the experience of this match. We played pretty well but could be much better, especially in doubles."

Binghamton continues its three-match trip to New York City with a 2:30 encounter Saturday with Concordia.

DOUBLES
1. Jimmy Moore/Marty Moore (C) def. Martinez/O'Connor (BU), 8-4
2. Scott Robbin/Marc Clemente (C) def. Mourad/Gerard (BU), 8-4
3. Paul Ratchford/Dan Urban (C) def. Dobrin/Mohamed (BU), 9-8 (0)

SINGLES
Jimmy Moore (C) def. Richemn Mourad (BU), 6-1, 7-5
Marc Clemente (C) def. Aureleo Martinez (BU), 6-4, 6-0
Marty Moore (C) def. Alex Dobrin (BU), 5-7, 6-3, 6-0
J. Drucker (C) def. Brian O'Conner (BU), 6-1, 2-6, 6-2
Dan Urban (C) def. Faisal Mohamed (BU), 5-7, 6-1, 1-0 (1)
J. Chan (C) def. Edwin Gerard (BU), 7-5, 7-5