April 16, 2004

Fairfax, VA (April 16, 2004)-George Mason split the singles matches with Towson, but lost the doubles point, losing the match 4-3 at the GMU Tennis Courts today. This was the second straight match that the Patriots split the singles with their opponent, but lost the doubles.

George Mason's No. 1, No. 2 and 4 singles were victorious. Senior Tito Ballester defeated Chris Rowland at the number one singles position. The number two match was won in straight sets by Tim Bainton from George Mason, 6-1, 6-3. The number four singles was a battle, with the Patriots Oleg Sirghii defeating Todd Nagel in the tie-breaker, 1-6, 6-4 (10-3).

In doubles play, Mason's No. 1 team of Ballester and Tim Bainton Towson's Navin Kahn and Mike Edison, 8-6. The other two doubles matches were won by Towson teams, both by an 8-3 margin.

Singles
#1 Tito Ballester (GM) def. Chris Rowland, 6-1
#2 Tim Bainton (GM) def. Ittai Dvir, 6-1, 6-3
#3 Doug Ferguson def. Farshad Garakani (GM), 6-2, 7-6 (8-6)
#4 Oleg Sirghii (GM) Todd Nagel, 1-6, 6-4, (10-3)
#5 Joel Young def. Eric Vogel (GM), 6-0, 6-1
#6 Mike Edison def. Nick Schapiro (GM), 6-2, 6-2

Doubles
#1 Ballester/Bainton (GM) def. Kahn/Edison, 8-6
#2 Rowland/Nagel def. Garakani/Sirghii (GM), 8-3
#3 Dvir/Ferguson def. Vogel/Shapiro (GM), 8-3