April 6, 2005
Charlottesville, Va. -
The Maryland men's tennis team suffered its fourth consecutive loss on Wednesday afternoon, falling to the Virginia Cavaliers in Charlottesville, Va., 7-0. With the loss the Terps are now 8-9 on the season and 0-8 in the ACC.
Virginia took an early 1-0 lead over the Terps by taking all three doubles matches. In singles play, it was more of the same for the Cavaliers. At the no. 1 singles position Doug Stewart defeated Troy Demers, 6-4, 6-4. Ian Bliss fell to Rylan Rizza at the no.2 singles position, 6-2, 6-2. Somdev Devvarman topped Scott Fink, 6-3, 6-2. David Reichsfeld lost his match against Treat Huey, 6-1, 6-1. Josh Brauser was downed by Nick Meythaler, 6-4, 6-1. Stephen Rozer topped Michael Coleman in the final match 6-3, 6-2.
The Terps will host two matches over the weekend at the Tennis Center at College Park. First up is a match with the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets on Friday at 2 p.m. On Saturday, Maryland will face the Clemson Tigers at 12 p.m.
Singles
1.Doug Stewart (UVA) d. Troy Demers (Md.), 6-4, 6-4
2.Rylan Rizza (UVA) d. Ian Bliss (Md.), 6-2, 6-2
3.Somdev Devvarman (UVA) d. Scott Fink (Md.), 6-3, 6-2
4.Treat Huey (UVA) d. David Reichsfeld (Md.), 6-1, 6-1
5.Nick Meythaler (UVA) d. Josh Brauser (Md.), 6-4, 6-1
6.Stephen Rozek (UVA) d. Michael Coleman (Md.), 6-3, 6-2
Doubles
1.Rizza/Meythaler (UVA) d. Bliss/Demers (Md.), 8-4
2.Devvarman/Huey (UVA) d. Fink/Reichsfeld (Md.), 8-2
3.Chirico/Riley (UVA) d. Brauser/Coleman (Md.), 9-8 (7-4)
