Men's Tennis: Owls Drop Wisconsin, 4-2

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Men's Tennis: Owls Drop Wisconsin, 4-2

4/9/2005

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. ? The 30th-ranked Rice men?s tennis team defeated Wisconsin 4-2 Saturday afternoon at the Baseline Tennis Center in Minneapolis, Minn.

After winning the doubles point, Rice received big performances at the three through six singles spots. Newcomers Filip Zivojinovic won at the number three slot, while Ralph Knupfer posted a win at the number five spot. Zivojinovic defeated Lachezar Kasarov 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 to move to 5-5 in dual match action. The win was the rookie?s first at three singles. Knupfer took down Brian Ko 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 for his 10th victory this spring. Knupfer is now 7-1 in the five singles slot.

The match clincher came from junior Rodrigo Gabriel, who posted his fifth victory with a 6-4, 2-6, 6-3 win over Mark Weinig at six singles. Gabriel?s match clincher helped the Owls improve to 12-5 overall as they head into Sunday?s showdown with number-57 Minnesota.

No. 30 Rice 4, Wisconsin 2
Doubles
1. No. 33 Searle/Harknett (Rice) def. Kasarov/Kasarov (UW) 8-1
2. Mok/Morita (Rice) def. Guntly/Raemisch (UW) 8-5
3. Knupfer/Zivojinovic (Rice) def. Sonkin/Weinig (UW) 8-4

Singles
1. Alex Kasarov (UW) def. No. 25 Robert Searle (Rice) 6-4, 6-7, 6-4
2. Jeremy Sonkin (UW) def. Ben Harknett (Rice) 6-3, 6-4
3. Filip Zivojinovic (Rice) def. Lachezar Kasarov (UW) 6-2, 3-6, 6-3
4. Jason Mok (Rice) vs. Felipe Bellido (UW) 6-3, 3-6, 2-2 (susp.)
5. Ralph Knupfer (Rice) def. Brian Ko (UW) 3-, 6-3, 6-3
6. *Rodrigo Gabriel (Rice) def. Mark Weinig (UW) 6-4, 2-6, 6-3

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