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Sept. 30, 2000
ANNAPOLIS, Md. – The University of Virginia men’s tennis team lost to Oklahoma 5-1 on Saturday (September 30) and trails Illinois State 6-1 after singles play in the round-robin Navy Invitational. In the other matches in the Navy Invitational on Saturday, Illinois State defeated Navy 7-1 and Oklahoma beat Navy 5-1.
In the 5-1 loss to Oklahoma, second-year Michael Duquette (Virginia Beach, Va./Norfolk Academy) registered the only UVa victory in the match at #4 singles. Duquette defeated Chris Mitchell 0-6, 6-4, 6-1. First-year Patrick Guarnieri (Potomac, Md./Landon School) posted Virginia’s only singles win against Illinois State as he posted a 6-2, 6-1 victory over Andrew Martin. Illinois State leads the Cavaliers 6-1 with doubles play to be contested Sunday morning.
Oklahoma 5, Virginia 1Singles1 Tobias Kronlein (O) def. Tommy Croker (V), 6-4, 6-12 Julio Martinez (O) def. Brian Hunter (V), 6-3, 2-6, 7-63 Matt Ogle (O) def. Jason Romesburg (V), 6-3, 6-14 Michael Duquette (V) def. Chris Mitchell (O), 0-6, 6-4, 6-1
Doubles1 Kronlein/Mitchell (O) def. Croker/Winter (V), 8-52 Ogle/Martinez (O) def. Duquette/Romesburg (V), 9-8
Illinois State leads Virginia 6-1 after singles play
Singles1 Ricky Heath (I) def. Tommy Croker (V), 6-2, 6-32 Jason Smith (I) def. Brian Hunter (V), 6-4, 7-53 Yew Ming Si (I) def. Jason Romesburg (V), 7-6, 6-44 Brent Steven (I) def. Michael Duquette (V), 6-3, 6-45 Albert Piasecki (I) def. Greg Alpert (V), 4-6, 7-6, 6-26 Patrick Guarnieri (V) def. Andrew Martin (I), 6-2, 6-17 Pedro Coutinho (I) def. Preston Walters (V), 6-1, 6-3