April 13, 2001

Indianapolis, Indiana - The men's tennis team dropped a 4-2 decision to IUPUI in Indianapolis on Thursday afternoon.

"It was a tough, close match that could have gone either way," men's tennis coach Chuck Cunningham said. "The guys played hard and I can't fault them for that.

"It was a great effort against a quality team."

Sophomore Nick Bodmer (Downers Grove, Ill./Downers Grove North) extended his winning streak to four matches with a 6-1, 6-1 victory over IUPUI's Mike Sinish at No. 2 singles. Bodmer has also won five of his last six matches.

Junior Wade Clark (Farmington, Mich./Farmington) added the other victory for UIC as he picked up a 6-3, 6-4 win over IUPUI's Josh Becker at No. 4 singles.

UIC (5-14) will open up its Midwestern Collegiate Conference slate on Saturday as they will travel to Valparaiso, Indiana to square off with the Cleveland State Vikings at 11 AM.

IUPUI 4, UIC 2

Singles

No. 1 Aaron Nikou (IUPUI) d. Jon Schmidt (UIC), 7-5, 6-3.
No. 2 Nick Bodmer (UIC) d. Mike Sinish (IUPUI), 6-1, 6-1.
No. 3 Did Not Finish
No. 4 Wade Clark (UIC) d. Josh Becker (IUPUI), 6-3, 6-4.
No. 5 Ken Rachon (IUPUI) d. Amol Desai (UIC), 7-5, 2-6, 6-3.
No. 6 Ryan Posey (IUPUI) d. Omar Husain (UIC), 6-4, 6-2.

Doubles
No. 1 Nikou/Damon Bell (IUPUI) d. Nesar Nayak/Schmidt (UIC), 8-2.
No. 2 Sinish/Posey (IUPUI) d. Clark/Desai (UIC), 8-1.
No. 3 Did Not Finish