Red Raiders Defeat Abilene Christian University, 6-1

Feb. 1, 2004

LUBBOCK, Texas - The Texas Tech men's tennis team won its second match of the day, knocking off Abilene Christian, 6-1. The Raiders played well in both doubles and singles play.

In doubles play, freshman Bojan Szumanski teamed up with junior Esat Tanik to defeat Casper Steenkamp and Jason Ray, 8-5. Freshman Dinko Halachev and junior Jakob Paulsen also paired up to knock off Trent Broach and Evan Puglia, 8-2. Freshman Teddy DiBlasi and junior Michael Innerebner suffered a defeat at the hands of Abilene Christian's duo of Kevin Beedy and George Carstens, 8-6.

In the singles court, Szumanski defeated Steenkamp, 6-2, 6-3, while Paulsen knocked off Broach, 6-3, 6-1. Innerebner bested Carstens, 6-1, 6-7 (7-6), and Halachev defeated Ray, 6-2, 6-0. Freshman Dimitrio Martinez lost his match to Evan Puglia, 1-6, 6-4, 7-6. DiBlasi defeated Jason Purser, 6-4, 6-3, to complete the Raiders' singles play.

"It was a good first day, I was pleased," said head coach Tim Siegel "We competed well. Both teams from Abilene Christian and Lamar played hard, and forced us to play hard. The conditions were also tough, going from indoors to outdoors, but I think our team responded well. We have a lot of work to do to get better and we have to get better fast, we have a tough road ahead of us."

The Texas Tech men's tennis team will travel to Florida where they will take on Central Florida Feb. 6 and Florida State Feb. 8.





Match Results Listed Below:









Doubles



1.  Bojan Szumanski/Esat Tanik (TTU) def. Casper Steenkamp/Jason Ray (ACU), 8-52.  Dinko Halachev/Jakob Paulsen (TTU) def. Trent Broach/Evan Puglia (ACU), 8-23.  Kevin Beedy/George Carstens (ACU) def. Teddy DiBlasi/Michael Innerebner (TTU), 8-6


Singles



1.  Bojan Szumanski (TTU) def. Casper Steenkamp (ACU), 6-2, 6-32.  Jakob Paulsen (TTU) def. Trent Broach (ACU), 6-3, 6-13.  Michael Innerebner (TTU) def. George Carstens (ACU), 6-1, 6-7 (7-6)4.  Dinko Halachev (TTU) def. Jason Ray (ACU), 6-2, 6-05.  Evan Puglia (ACU) def. Dimitrio Martinez (TTU), 1-6, 6-4, 7-66.  Teddy DiBlasi (TTU) def. Jason Purser (ACU), 6-4, 6-3

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