March 12, 2003

San Francisco, Calif. - The Wayne State University men's tennis team defeated NCAA Division I opponent Creighton University, 4-3 using Division I scoring rules where the three doubles count as one point.

Recording victories for WSU were the second doubles team of Mike Davis and Goran Marijan (8-5) and the third doubles team of Sebastien Foka and Matt Akers (8-1).

The Warriors lost the top three singles flights but were victorious at slots four, five and six. Marijan won 7-6, 6-4 at No. 4, Hormis Tharakan was a winner at No. 5 (6-2, 2-6, 6-3), while Lech Czerwinski was a 6-1, 6-0 winner at No. 6.

Wayne State concludes its spring trip with a Thursday's afternoon match at St. Mary's (CA).

Wayne State 4, Creighton 3

Singles

#1 Kevin Otto (CU) def. Sebastien Foka (WSU), 6-3, 6-2
#2 Tom McCarthy (CU) def. Rohan Singh (WSU), 7-6, 6-4
#3 Vince Meens (CU) def. Mike Davis (WSU), 6-2, 6-4
#4 Goran Marijan (WSU) def. Richard Gonzalez (CU), 7-6, 6-3
#5 Hormis Tharakan (WSU) def. Eduardo Pignatari (CU), 6-1, 2-6, 6-3
#6 Lech Czerwinski (WSU) def. Evan Kimura (CU), 6-1, 6-0

Doubles

#1 Otto / McCarthy (CU) def. Singh / Czerwinski (WSU), 8-5
#2 Davis / Marijan (WSU) def. Meens/Gonzalez (CU), 8-5
#3 Foka / Matt Akers def. Pignateri/Kimura (CU), 8-1