Men's Tennis tops Stevens, Allegheny, Wooster

March 25, 2005
Tut Fuller scored a three-set win at second singles to help the St. Thomas men's tennis team beat Stevens Institute of Technology (N.J.), 5-2 Wednesday in Hilton Head, S.C.

The Tommies then handed Wooster (7-1) its first defeat with a 7-0 win. Wooster was the North Coast Conference runner-up last season.

UST then topped Allegheny (Pa.) 5-2 on Thursday and moved to 9-1 on the season. The Tommies' Friday match with Emory & Henry was rained out.

UST plays Luther at home Sat. April 2 (1 p.m.).

UST 5, Stevens 2
Singles
--No. 1: Steve Su (STEV) def. Brian Thomas, 7-5, 6-0
--No. 2: Tut Fuller (UST) def. Ricky Bawa, 1-6, 6-1, (10-8)
--No. 3: Blair Madsen (UST) def. Diego Quintana, 6-0, 6-2
--No. 4: Tom Loper (UST) def. Yuriy Stelmakh, 6-3, 6-0
--No. 5: Grant Campbell (UST) def. Dave Asis, 6-1, 6-3
--No. 6: Ben Herding (UST) def. Boris Kocherov
Doubles
--No. 1: Su/Bawa (STEV) def. Eric Milos/Mark Stroub by deafult
--No. 2: Adam Berland/Brandon Heath (UST) def. Quintana/Kocherov, 8-3
--No. 3: Kevin Manzel/Murphy O'Hearn (UST) def. Shaw/Telford, 8-1

UST 7, Wooster 0
Singles
--No. 1: Tut Fuller ST def. Conor Boyle W, 6-1, 6-3
--No. 2: Brian Thomas ST. def. Alec Garnett W, 8-2
--No. 3: Blair Madsen ST def. Grant D'Augustine W, 6-1, 6-3
--No. 4: Tom Loper ST def. Will Morrison W, 7-6, 6-3
--No. 5: Grant Campbell ST def. Brian Ebbitts W, 8-6
--No. 6: Ben Herding ST def. Nikhil Gonsalves W, 4-6,6-3,10-8

Doubles
--No. 1: Thomas-Fuller ST def. Garnett-Ted Hickey W, 9-7
--No. 2: Loper-Herding ST def. Dan Fleszar-Ebbitts W, 8-4
--No. 3: Madsen-Campbell ST def. Chris Mickelson-D'Augustine W, 8-4

UST 5, Allegheny 2
Singles
--No. 1: Tut Fuller ST def. Seth Wilmore A, 6-3, 6-1
--No. 2: Brian Thomas ST def. Andy Zipf A, 2-0 ret.
--No. 3: Blair Madsen ST def. John Pappas A, 6-2,v6-2
--No. 4: Tom Loper ST def. Reid Levin, 7-5, 5-7, 10-7
--No. 5: Matt Spriegel A def. Grant Campbell ST, 6-3,6-2
--No. 6: Ben Herding ST def. Bryan Lyssy A, 6-3, 6-4

Doubles
--No. 1: Thomas-Herding ST def. Wilmore-Pappas A, 8-4
--No. 2: Phil Gibson-Spriegel A def. Brandon Heath-Adam Berland ST, 8-4
--No. 3: Levin-Nicholas Lieb A def. Murphy O'Hearn-Kevin Manzel ST, 8-6