Friday, May 6, 2005

NO. 2 BARRY SHUTS OUT NO. 40 TUSCULUM 5-0 IN NCAA TOURNAMENT

MIAMI SHORES, Fla. --- The No. 2 Barry University men's tennis team swept the three doubles matches and won the third and fifth singles flights in blanking No. 40 Tusculum College 5-0 Friday morning in the opening match of the 2005 NCAA Division II Tournament.

Barry improves to 18-1 and advances to tomorrow's Southeast Region final. The Pioneers end their season at 13-7, while advancing to the NCAA postseason for a fourth consecutive year.

The Bucs grabbed all three doubles points. Victor Rodriguez and Alex Praderas defeated Pedro Galavis and Michael Hallford 8-1 at No. 3 doubles, while Martin Jensen and Sebastian Losavio made beat Jesse Puckerin and Roberto Robles 8-2 at No. 2 doubles. The Bucs' top team, Thomas Hipp and Rittenauer made it 3-0 with an 8-3 win at the No. 1 flight over Carlos Garcia and Sergio Espinosa.

In singles, Barry's Rittenaur scored a 6-0, 6-0 win over Espinosa at number three singles.

Manuel Lauter closed out the match with a 6-2, 6-2 win over Garcia at number five singles.

- NCAA -

Singles
1 - Roberto Robles (TC) vs. Sebastian Losavio (BU)	DNF
2 - Jesse Puckerin (TC) vs. Thomas Hipp (BU)	DNF
3 - Patrick Rittenauer (BU) def. Sergio Espinosa (TC)	6-0, 6-0
4 - Pedro Galavis (TC) vs. Victor Rodriguez (BU)	DNF
5 - Manuel Lauter (BU) def. Carlos Garcia (TC)	6-2, 6-2
6 - Michael Hallford (TC) vs. Martin Jensen (BU)	DNF
Doubles
1 - Hipp/Rittenauer (BU) def. Garcia/Espinosa (TC)	8-3
2 - Jensen/Losavio (BU) def. Puckerin/Robles (TC)	8-2
3 - Rodriguez/Alex Praderas (BU) def. Galavis/Hallford (TC)	8-1