Feb. 13, 2009

Box Score-Cameron

Box Score-Southeastern Oklahoma

DALLAS (SMU)-SMU men's tennis (5-3) posted a win (6-1) over Cameron University (2-1) on Wednesday, February 11 at the Turpin Tennis Stadium, and then defeated Southeastern Oklahoma State (1-2) in a 5-2 victory.

Sophomore doubles tandem Darren Walsh and Adham el-Effendi scored an exciting win (8-6) over Cameron's Daniel Pazos and Diego Trojano after moving into the number one spot for the Mustangs. The match clinched the doubles point for SMU, as junior Robin Fahgen and freshman Gaston Cuadranti paired up earlier to triumph (8-1) in the third spot.

"I was really impressed with Darren and Adham's ability to rise to the occasion, and against a very good Cameron doubles team no less," said head coach Carl Neufeld. "It was actually really fun to watch."

Fahgen dominated in the number one spot against Pazos to obtain a victory (6-3, 6-0) in his singles match and improve his record to 5-0 on the season, while Walsh and el-Effendi remained undefeated by securing wins against their respective opponents. Cuadranti finished off Carlos Viscarra after battling it out in the first to a tiebreaker (7-6, 6-2).

SMU next faced Southeastern Oklahoma State, where they swept the doubles competition with Baradach and Costa teaming up in the number one doubles spot for a close win (8-7) against Kevin Longo and Jose Bonet.

In his debut as a Mustang, freshman Andrew Peterson paired with sophomore Bryan Griffin for a victory (8-5) over Naman Galvan and Michael Delloro. Peterson was also successful in his singles match, playing in the number four spot and defeating Matt Kelso in a comeback win after dropping the first set (3-6, 7-5, 6-4). Baradach, Costa, and Griffin collected singles wins, as well.

The Mustangs will return to action on Saturday, February 14 against Green Bay in Green Bay, Wisconsin at 3:00 pm.