Virginia Men's Tennis Suffers Loss at No. 5 Baylor

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March 17, 2007

WACO, Texas – The No. 2 Virginia men’s tennis team suffered its second loss of the season, falling to No. 5 Baylor 6-1 Saturday night in Waco. The loss drops the Cavaliers’ record to 14-2 on the season.

The Bears opened the match by taking the doubles point. Houston Barrick (Brentwood, Tenn.) and Dominic Inglot (London, England) got an 8-5 win at No. 2 doubles for Virginia over Lars Poerschke and Denes Lukacs, but Baylor won at the No. 1 and No. 3 positions to take the opening point.

In singles, Baylor continued its momentum by winning five of the six singles matches. The Cavaliers’ only win in singles came at the No. 2 position, where No. 15 Treat Huey (Alexandria, Va.) downed No. 101 Matija Zgaga 7-6, 6-1.

Virginia concludes its four-match road trip Sunday when it visits No. 12 Texas.

No. 5 Baylor 6, No. 2 Virginia 1

Doubles:
1. Galic/Zgaga (BU) def. #3 Devvarman/Huey (UVa) 8-3
2. #40 Barrick/Inglot (UVa) def. Poerschke/Lukacs (BU) 8-5
3. Brown/Mueller (BU) def. Singer/Miklo (UVa) 9-8(1)

Singles:
1. #31 Lars Poerschke (BU) def. #2 Somdev Devvarman (UVa) 6-3, 6-7(5), 10-5
2. #15 Treat Huey (UVa) def. #101 Matija Zgaga (BU) 7-6(3), 6-1
3. Matt Brown (BU) def. #80 Dominic Inglot (UVa) 6-1, 6-4
4. Denes Lukacs (BU) def. Marko Miklo (UVa) 6-4, 6-2
5. #87 Dominik Mueller (BU) def. Houston Barrick (UVa) 6-2, 7-6(6)
6. Attila Bucko (BU) def. Lee Singer (UVa) 3-6, 6-3, 3-2 (10-8)