February 29, 2008

CINCINNATI - The Xavier men's tennis team swept all six singles matches in its 6-1 win over Atlantic 10 conference rival Saint Louis on Friday. The Musketeers are now 5-6 overall and 1-1 in A-10 action while the Billikens fall to 4-4 on the year and 0-1 in conference play.

"We played our best singles as a team by far than what we've been playing all season," said head coach Eric Toth. "This was a good win against a top-tier A-10 opponent in Saint Louis."

Junior Ra'ees Ismail and sophomore Anthony Palmenter teamed up for an 8-5 win at No. 3 doubles over SLU's Marcus Fadul and Adam Reeb.

Up next for the Musketeers is another home match on Saturday, Mar. 1, against Youngstown State. First serve is set for 7 p.m. at Eastern Hills Tennis Club.

Results
Xavier 6, Saint Louis 1

Singles
No. 1 Doug Matthews (XU) def. Felipe Acosta (SLU) 5-7, 6-3, 6-2
No. 2 Chris Herrlinger (XU) def. P.J. Hendrie (SLU) 7-6(3), 6-1
No. 3 Ra'ees Ismail (XU) def. Sean McManus (SLU) 6-0, 6-4
No. 4 J.T. Torbeck (XU) def. Marcus Fadul (SLU) 6-0, 6-1
No. 5 Brian Starr (XU) def. Sam McSpadden (SLU) 6-2, 4-6, 6-3
No. 6 Mike Dieciuc (XU) def. Paul Feder (SLU) 6-4, 6-1

Doubles
No. 1 Acosta/Feder (SLU) def. Herrlinger/Matthews (XU) 8-6
No. 2 Hendrie/McManus (SLU) def. Starr/Torbeck (XU) 8-6
No. 3 Ismail/ Anthony Palmenter (XU) def. Fadul/Adam Reeb (SLU) 8-5