Jan. 22, 2000

Ypsilanti, Mich. – The UIC men’s tennis team opened the spring season on a sour note, falling 5-2 at Eastern Michigan on Friday night.

Freshman Karl Morgan and senior Jason Kerr each notched singles wins from the Flames.

Morgan, now 10-4 on the season, won his fourth straight match, coming back to win in three sets 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (8-6) over EMU’s Jake Stricker at No. 2 singles. Kerr improved to 3-4 on the year with a 6-4, 6-4, win over Mike Case in the No. 3 singles position.

Nick Bodmer, competing in the No. 1 singles slot, was a tough-luck loser Firday night, falling in three competitive sets 7-6, 4-6, 6-7 (12-11), to Jason Yue.

Bodmer and Morgan teamed up to give the Flames a point at No. 1 doubles, defeating Yue and Rob Harrigan 8-2.

The Flames, now 0-4 the season, travel to Ft. Wayne, Ind., on Saturday to take on IUPU-Ft. Wayne.

FINAL
Eastern Michigan	  5
UIC	    	          2

Match Results:
Singles
Position	Winning Player	        Losing Player	                Scores
No. 1		Jason Yue (EMU)		Nick Bodmer (UIC)		6-7, 6-4, 7-6 (12-11)
No. 2		Karl Morgan (UIC)	Jake Stricker (EMU)	        4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (8-6)
No. 3		Jason Kerr (UIC)	Mike Case (EMU)		        6-4, 6-4
No. 4		Rob Harrigan (EMU)	Angel Ochoa (UIC)		6-0, 6-1
No. 5		Hunter Stenzel (EMU)	Bill Schmidt (UIC)		6-3, 6-1
No. 6		Kory Gernhofer (EMU)	Vijay Krishnamoorthy (UIC)	6-0, 6-0
Doubles
Position	Winning Team	        Losing Team		        Scores
No. 1 		Bodmer/Morgan (UIC)	Yue/Harrigan (EMU)	        8-2
No. 2		Stricker/Case (EMU)	Kerr/Schmidt (UIC)		8-3
No. 3		Adanti/Williams (EMU)	Ochoa/Krishnamoorthy (UIC)	8-3