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American Men's Tennis Competes at DC Metro Championships
Eagles advance to fourth rounds in both singles and doubles action

September 28, 2002

WASHINGTON -- American University's Tushar Garg and Andreas Kulcsar advanced to the fourth round of Flight A Doubles at the 27th Annual DC Metropolitan Intercollegiate Tennis Championships Saturday held on the campuses of AU, Georgetown and George Washington.

AU's Jonah Fliegelman advanced to the third round in the Flight B Singles draw with wins over Georgetown's Eric Conrad (6-4, 3-0) and Mary Washington College's Jon Clair (6-2, 6-2). Rubin Riviero also moved into the third round with a win over Towson's Todd Nagez (6-0, 6-2) and Loyola College's Nick Bowers (6-1, 1-6, 10-8). Kulscar beat Maryland's Troy Demers 6-3, 6-3 and then took on University of Maryland-Baltimore County's Tommy Joyce by scores of 6-4, 6-4.

Guilaume Taralle beat GW's Marious Weigert (7-5, 6-1) and moved on to defeat Mary Williams College's Paul Bristow (7-5, 6-3) in Flight A Singles in the second round. Howard University's Jibade Thomas lost to Garg 6-4, 6-4 in a Flight A Singles Consolation Round.

Juan Jaysingh advanced to the third round with wins over Maryland's Pierre Ruder (6-4, 6-1) and Mary Williams College's Matt Rogers (7-5, 7-5) in Flight B Singles.

In Flight B Doubles, Riviero and Fliegelman moved into the fourth round while Jaysingh and Juancarlo Vazquez moved into the third round.

In Flight C Singles, Vazquez earned a spot in the third round with wins over Towson's Mike Edison (6-2, 6-2) and MWC's Erik Thorell (6-4, 6-2).