Tiger men's tennis improves to 10-4

Thursday, April 3, 2008

EVANSVILLE -- The 12th-ranked DePauw men's tennis team improved to 10-4 on the season following a 6-3 win at Southern Indiana. The Division II Screaming Eagles dropped to 5-8 with the loss.

DePauw took a 2-1 lead after wins at second and third doubles and then won at number two singles as well as the fourth through sixth slots.

The Tigers host Transylvania on Friday at 4:30 p.m.

At Southern Indiana

DePauw 6, Southern Indiana 3

Singles competition

1. Burger, Christoph (USI) def. Keith, Kortney (DPU) 6-3, 6-4

2. Hunter, Evan (DPU) def. Sexton, Nathan (USI) 6-4, 1-6, 1-0 (10-1)

3. McGuire, Andrew (USI) def. Gates, Will (DPU) 6-3, 6-2

4. Schouweiler, Hunter (DPU) def. Hamm, Ben (USI) 6-4, 6-2

5. Batuello, Jonathan (DPU) def. Bostrom, Andrew (USI) 6-3, 6-3

6. Nash, Cameron (DPU) def. Thomas, Dustin (USI) 6-1, 6-0

Doubles competition

1. Burger/Sexton (USI) def. Keith/Gates (DPU) 9-8 (7-0)

2. Nash/Schouweiler (DPU) def. McGuire/Hamm (USI) 8-4

3. MacMaster, TJ/Batuello (DPU) def. Alcorn, Tim/Bostrom(USI) 8-3

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