March 12, 2001

Colorado Springs, Colorado - The men's tennis team dropped both of their contests on Saturday at the Air Force Academy.

The Flames' opening match against CU-Colorado Springs was shortened due to inclement weather and lack of court space with the Mountain Lions prevailing 5-0.

UIC (4-7) followed that performance with a 6-1 loss to Eastern Washington later that night. Jon Schmidt (Hanover Park, Ill./Bartlett)opened with a 6-1, 7-6 victory over EWU's Ryan Moran at No. 1 singles. The Eagles, however, swept the rest of the singles' competition en route to the victory.

The Flames also received a victory from Wade Clark (Farmington, Mich./Farmington) and Angel Ochoa (Orange, Calif./Orange)at No. 3 doubles. The tandem handed EWU's duo of Toyo Sadamatsu and Theron Tate an 8-5 loss.

Eastern Washington 6, UIC 1
Singles
No. 1 Jon Schmidt (UIC) d. Ryan Moran (EWU), 6-1, 7-6.
No. 2 Dean Kimoto (EWU) d. Nesar Nayak (UIC), 6-4, 6-2.
No. 3 John Gruber (EWU) d. Nick Bodmer (UIC), 6-2, 6-1.
No. 4 Toyo Sadamatsu (EWU) d. Wade Clark (UIC), 7-6, 3-6, 6-4.
No. 5 Khamphone Voraphachith (EWU) d. Amol Desai (UIC), 6-2, 6-1.
No. 6 Anthony Venable (EWU) d. Angel Ochoa (UIC), 6-0, 6-0.

Doubles
No. 1 Moran-Kimoto (EWU) d. Schmidt-Nayak (UIC), 8-6.
No. 2 Gruber-Venable (EWU) d. Jason Kerr-Bodmer (UIC), 8-4.
No. 3 Clark-Ochoa (UIC) d. Sadamatsu-Theron Tate (EWU), 8-5.

CU-Colorado Springs 5, UIC 0
Singles
No. 1 Tim Hurlbert (UCCS) d. Jon Schmidt (UIC), 6-2, 7-6.
No. 4 Devon Bryant (UCCS) d. Jason Kerr (UIC), 6-3, 6-7, 6-4.

Doubles
No. 1 Hurlbert-Ronnie Stutz (UCCS) d. Schmidt-Nesar Nayak (UIC), 8-6.
No. 2 Bryant-Adam Stone (UCCS) d. Kerr-Nick Bodmer (UIC), 9-8.
No. 3 Eric Gladding-Rich Olson (UCCS) d. Wade Clark-Angel Ochoa (UIC), 8-6