May 12, 2001

BATON ROUGE, LA -

No. 52 Florida Atlantic University was defeated 4-1 by the 19th-ranked University of Texas Saturday afternoon. The contest was a first round match-up in the NCAA Tournament in Baton Rouge, LA. The loss ends FAU's season at 21-5.

Texas (18-5) began the match by taking the doubles point. The team of Michael Domansky and Ryan Haymond defeated FAU's Fabio Faerman and Sandro Spotti 8-2 at no. 3 before UT's Ron Kloppert and Jean Simon defeated Yalin Bilgin and Martin Jirak 8-3 at no. 1.

Texas took the second point of the match in singles play with a victory at no.1 as Simon defeated FAU's Doug Devriendt 7-6, 6-3. The Owls pulled to within 2-1 when Sandro Spotti won on court five 7-6, 6-0 over Will Clinton. UT took a 3-1 lead when Jose Zarhi defeated Jirak 6-3, 6-3. The Longhorns clinched the match when Kloppert defeated Andre Buzzoni 7-6, 6-4.

The NCAA Tournament appearance was the second straight for the Owls as they completed their best season with a team-record 21 wins and their first Trans America Athletic Conference Championship.

Singles

1. #35-Jean Simon (UT) d. Doug Devriendt (FAU) 7-6(3), 6-3.

2. Yalin Bilgin (FAU) vs. #99-Craig Edmondson (UT), DNF.

3. Jose Zarhi (UT) d. Martin Jirak (FAU) 6-3, 6-3.

4. Ron Kloppert (UT) d. Andre Buzzoni (FAU) 7-6(6), 6-4.

5. Sandro Spotti (FAU) d. Will Clinton (UT) 7-6, 6-0.

6. Cristian Paiz (FAU) vs. Michael Domanski (UT), DNF.

Doubles

1. #37-Kloppert/Simon (UT) d. Bilgin/Jirak (FAU) 8-3.

2. Devriendt/Paiz (FAU) vs. Edmondson/Zarhi (UT), DNF.

3. Domansky/Ryan Haymond (UT) d. Fabio Faerman/Spotti (FAU) 8-2.