Feb. 5, 2000

Homewood, Ill. - Rebounding from a morning loss to Xavier, the UIC men's tennis team jumped out to a 3-0 lead on Western Illinois and held on for a 5-2 victory.

The Flames opened the match by taking the doubles point as the tandems of Karl Morgan and Nick Bodmer (8-5), and Jason Kerr and Bill Schmidt (8-2) notched doubles wins.

Bodmer and Morgan then turned right around and recorded straight sets singles victories to put UIC up 3-0.

The match was still in question, though, after the Leathernecks climbed back to 3-2 with victories in the No. 3 and No. 4 singles contests.

Senior Vijay Krishnamoorthy gave the Flames the fourth and decisive point with a 6-0, 6-1, win in the No. 6 singles match. Angel Ochoa gave UIC its fifth win with a 6-4, 6-2 triumph at the No. 5 singles position.

FINAL RESULTS

UIC                   5Western Illinois      2

Singles Results:No. 1 - Nick Bodmer (UIC) def. Brad Anderson (WIU) 6-1, 6-3No. 2 - Karl Morgan (UIC) def. Ben Williams (WIU) 6-1, 6-0No. 3 - Mark Schaefer (WIU) def. Jason Kerr (UIC) 7-6, 6-2No. 4 - Douglas DeClue (WIU) def. Bill Schmidt (UIC) 6-2, 6-2No. 5 - Angel Ochoa (UIC) def. Shaun Romisher (WIU) 6-4, 6-2No. 6 - Vijay Krishnamoorthy (UIC) def. Matt Carroll (WIU) 6-0, 6-1

Doubles Results:No. 1 - Bodmer/Morgan (UIC) def. Williams/Schaefer (WIU) 8-5No. 2 - Kerr/Schmidt (UIC) def. Anderson/Romisher (WIU) 8-2No. 3 - DeClue/Carroll (WIU) def. Ochoa/Krishnamoorthy (UIC) 8-5