April 10, 2003

BALTIMORE - Patriot freshman Stephan Dufils (Paris, France) won his match at No. 3 singles, preventing a sweep as UMBC downed George Mason 6-1 in men's tennis action Thursday afternoon at the UMBC Tennis Courts. Mason falls to 3-9 on the season.

Dufils won 6-3, 6-4 over his opponent, James Tyler of UMBC. Mason's tandem of senior Cem Akalin (Goetzingen, Luxembourg) and sophomore Tim Bainton (Chobham Surrey, UK) won at No. 2 doubles, 8-6. However, the Retrievers were victorious at the No. 1 and No. 3 positions to earn the doubles point.

George Mason hosts Coppin State Friday at 11:30 a.m. at the Burke Racquet Club.

UMBC        6
GEORGE MASON   1
(4/10/03, at UMBC Tennis Courts, Baltimore, MD)
Singles
1. Josof Novotny d. Tito Ballester (GM), 6-4, 6-3
2. Mikhail Kouznetsor d. Tim Bainton (GM), 6-0, 6-4
3. Stephan Dufils (GM) d. James Tyler, 6-3, 6-4
4. Luis Baraldi d. Cem Akalin (GM), 6-1, 6-4
5. Djan Gusmao d. Jorge Ramallo (GM), 6-2, 6-0
6. Mike Keller d. Miles Hughes (GM), 6-1, 6-0

Doubles
1. Novotny/Baraldi d. Ballester/Dufils (GM), 8-5
2. Akalin/Bainton (GM) d. Kouznetsor/Tyler, 8-6
3. Albert Hardja/Keller d. Hughes/Ramallo (GM), 8-2