Florida Atlantic University Athletics
Florida Atlantic
Texas
Championship Season Comes to an End
5/12/2001 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
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.
