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                   ScoresNo. 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, 6-4No. 4       Rob Harrigan (EMU)  Angel Ochoa (UIC)     6-0, 6-1No. 5       Hunter Stenzel (EMU)    Bill Schmidt (UIC)       6-3, 6-1No. 6       Kory Gernhofer (EMU)    Vijay Krishnamoorthy (UIC)  6-0, 6-0

Doubles

Position    Winning Team            Losing Team             ScoresNo. 1       Bodmer/Morgan (UIC) Yue/Harrigan (EMU)          8-2No. 2       Stricker/Case (EMU) Kerr/Schmidt (UIC)      8-3No. 3       Adanti/Williams (EMU)   Ochoa/Krishnamoorthy (UIC)  8-3