For Immediate Release: March 13, 2006
Contact: John Hartrick (hartrick@binghamton.edu)
Phone: 607-777-6800

Binghamton men's tennis loses at Stetson 6-1

DeLAND, Fla. - Binghamton men's tennis (7-5) began its spring trip to Florida with a 6-1 loss to Stetson University (10-4) Monday afternoon at the Mandy Stoll Tennis Center. Binghamton dropped the doubles point and then lost five of the six singles matches - though two of those defeats came in third-set tiebreaks.

Sophomore Mark Piro (Clifton Park, N.Y.) gave the Bearcats their lone point. He posted a 4-6, 6-2, 1-0 (10-6) win at sixth singles. Piro is now 11-4 overall, 6-3 in duals.

"It was a well-fought match," head coach Michael Starke said of the four-and-a-half hour match. "It was much closer than the final score would indicate."

DOUBLES
1. Echtler/Boulanov (Stet) def. O'Connor/Gerard (BU), 8-3
2. Mourad/Martinez (BU) def. Jones/Majcher (Stet), 9-8 (10-5)
3. Cayo/Soiland (Stet) def. Dobrin/Mohamed (BU), 8-4

SINGLES
1. Marcus Echtler (Stet) def. Richemn Mourad (BU), 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 (10-8)
2. Serguei Boulanov (Stet) def. Alex Dobrin (BU), 6-3, 6-4
3. Joey Jones (Stet) def. Brian O'Conner (BU) 6-4, 6-1
4. Mario Cayo (Stet) def. Aurelio Martinez (BU), 6-2, 6-4
5. Birger Soiland (Stet) def. Faisal Mohamed (BU), 2-6, 6-2, 7-6 (7-5)
6. Mark Piro (BU) def. Peter Dzuba (Stet), 4-6, 6-2, 1-0 (10-6)