April 12, 2000

DeKalb, Ill. -The UIC men's tennis team dropped a 7-0 decision at Northern Illinois Wednesday afternoon. The Flames have now dropped 12 consecutive matches.

Karl Morgan and Jason Kerr teamed to win the No. 1 doubles match 8-3, but the Flames dropped the No. 2 and 3 matches to lose the doubles point to the Huskies.

In singles play, Nick Bodmer and Morgan both lost hard fought three-set matches at the first two singles positions. Bodmer fell 1-6, 6-3, 4-6, while Morgan suffered a similar fate, 1-6, 6-3, 2-6.

Chuck Cunningham's crew is back in action on Friday, April 14, at Youngstown State. The match is slated for a 3:00 p.m. EDT start.

Match Results

Singles

No. 1: Brent Sitarski (NIU) def. Nick Bodmer (UIC) 6-1, 3-6, 6-4
No. 2: Patrick Molin (NIU) def. Karl Morgan (UIC) 6-1, 3-6, 6-2
No. 3: Mattias Ottermark (NIU) def. Angel Ochoa (UIC) 6-1, 6-0
No. 4: Jon Perlman (NIU) def. Bill Schmidt (UIC) 6-3, 6-1
No. 5: Radovan Ziukovic (NIU) def. Vijay Krishnamoorthy (UIC) 6-0, 6-0
No. 6: Tim Freesen (NIU) def. Aaron Apilada (UIC) 6-0, 6-0


Doubles

No. 1: Morgan/Jason Kerr (UIC) def. Sitarski/Molin (NIU) 8-3
No. 2: Ottermark/Freesen (NIU) def. Ochoa/Bodmer (UIC) 8-2
No. 3: Nick Gryfakis/Perlman (NIU) def. Schmidt/Krishnamoorthy (UIC) 8-4