Jan. 29, 2005

WEST PALM BEACH - The Florida Atlantic University men's tennis team traveled to West Palm Beach on Saturday and ended up on the wrong side of an upset by NAIA opponents Northwood, 5-1. The Seahawks (1-0) won two of the three doubles points available in the NAIA scoring system before taking the first three singles matches to close out the contest.

Senior F.J. Schofield and junior Kevin Obletz teamed up at the No. 2 doubles position to pick up the only point for the Owls (0-2), defeating Fabricio Correa and Fabio Minozi 8-5.

Northwood 5, Florida Atlantic 1

Doubles
1. Richie Brown/Anitole Vincent (NU) d. Antonello Magris/Mauricio Paiz, 8-3
2. F.J. Schofield/Kevin Obletz (FAU) d. Fabricio Correa/Fabio Minozi, 8-5
3. Pierre Oliver Tieussel/Jean-Cristof Leduc-Deschamps (NU) d. Eugenio Pellman/J.P. Bounassar 8-3.

Singles
1. Magris (FAU) vs. Brown (NU), DNF
2. Schofield (FAU) vs. Vincent (NU), DNF
3. Leduc-Deschamps (NU) d. Obletz, 6-3, 4-6, 1-0 retired
4. Bounassar (FAU) vs. Fabio Minozi, DNF
5. Correa (NU) d. Paiz, 7-6, 6-0
6. Tieussel (NU) d. Pellman, 4-6, 6-0, 6-3