March 30, 2000

The Villanova men's tennis team dropped a match today to the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. With the loss, the Wildcats fall to 6-5 on the year.

In the defeat, two of the six singles players for 'Nova came away with a victory. Michael Mock slid by his opponent, Nikhil Misra, at second singles while posting a score 7-5 and 6-4. At the number four singles post, Ryan Devine defeated the Retrievers' Matt Lennox in three sets 4-6, 6-4, and 7-6.

On the doubles side, the lone winning combo for the Wildcats was the first singles pairing of Robert Waibel and Josh Schofield, defeating UMBC's Oscar Lopez and Matt Lennox 8-6.

The 'Cats will host Big East rival Seton Hall on Saturday, April 1st at 11:00 a.m.

VILLANOVA 2, UMBC 5

SINGLES

No. 1 Lopez (UMBC) def. Waibel (VU): 6-0, 6-1

No. 2 Mock (VU) def. Misra (UMBC): 7-5, 6-4

No. 3 Granito (UMBC) def. Schofield (VU: 6-3, 6-2

No. 4 Devine (VU) def. Lennox (UMBC): 4-6, 6-4, 7-6

No. 5 Nudo (UMBC) def. Simmons (VU): 6-3, 2-6, 6-3

No. 6 Bondar (UMBC) def. Prats (VU): 6-2, 6-1

DOUBLES

No. 1 Waibel/ Schofield (VU) def. Lopez/Lennox (UMBC): 8-6

No. 2 Misra/Ferguson (UMBC) def. Prats/Simmons (VU): 9-8

No. 3 Granito/ Cetateanu (UMBC) def. Devine/Rohde (VU): 8-2