March 19, 2008

Final Stats

In a battle of two ranked Sun Belt Conference teams, no. 52 Florida Atlantic University's men's tennis team fell to no. 44 University of Denver 4-3 on Wednesday afternoon in Boca Raton. The Owls won three singles matches and one doubles match but could not pull out the decisive match to overtake the Pioneers.

Eddie Majcher and Marc Abdelnour earned singles victories in two sets, while Corey Smith used three sets to defeat DU's David Simson.

In doubles play, Lawrence Harradine and Joe Cadogan won at the no. 3 spot, 8-4, over Niklas Persson and Benny Althaus.

#44 Denver 4, #52 Florida Atlantic 3
Singles competition
1. #12 Adam Holmstrom (DEN) def. Olivier Sajous (FAU) 4-6, 6-3, 6-3
2. Marc Abdelnour (FAU) def. Niklas Persson (DEN) 6-4, 6-2
3. Corey Smith (FAU) def. David Simson (DEN) 6-4, 6-7, 6-2
4. Benny Althaus (DEN) def. Joe Cadogan (FAU) 6-4, 6-4
5. Andrew Landwerlen (DEN) def. Daniel Vardag (FAU) 6-4, 6-4
6. Eddie Majcher (FAU) def. Kalle Rosen (DEN) 6-4, 6-4

Doubles competition
1. Andrew Landwerlen/David Simson (DEN) def. Olivier Sajous/Daniel Vardag (FAU) 8-5
2. Adam Holmstrom/Kalle Rosen (DEN) def. Marc Abdelnour/Eddie Majcher (FAU) 8-6
3. Lawrence Harradine/Joe Cadogan (FAU) def. Niklas Persson/Benny Althaus (DEN) 8-4

Match Notes:
Denver 11-3; National ranking #44
Florida Atlantic 9-4; National ranking #52