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Men's Tennis Outlasts Hampton, 4-3
Eagles improve to 3-0 to start the season

February 15, 2002

Josh Procacci improved to 11-2 on the year with his win over Glauco Nascimento on Friday at Hampton.

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. -- The American men's tennis team improved to 3-0 on the spring season with a hard-fought 4-3 victory over Hampton on Friday. The Eagles swept the doubles matches to secure the win after splitting the singles competition.

Josh Procacci (Naples, Fla./Community School of Naples) was a 6-1, 6-2 winner over Glauco Nascimento to improve to 11-2 this year at the No. 2 singles slot. Juan Jaysingh (Rockville, Md./Georgetown Prep) defeated Ladislar Rezac, 7-6, 6-2, in No. four singles and Guillaume Tarralle (Paris, France/French International School [Md.]) picked up a tough 7-6, 0-6, 7-6 win over Amine Elovazzame the No. 5 singles match.

In doubles play, Taralle and Jonah Fliegelman (Philadelphia, Pa./Central) defeated Pyung Koo Lee and Nascimento in the No. 1 match, 8-1, while teammates Bence Hamori (Budapest, Hungary/Budapest U. of Physical Ed.) and Kyle Bailey (Sinking Spring, Pa./Wilson) won the No. 2 match against Tomas Ibler and Rezac, 7-5. The No. 3 doubles match was taken by Andreas Kulscar (Nuremberg, Germany/Neues Gym. Nuremberg) and Tushar Garg (Mumbai, India/Brandenton Academy [Fla.]).

The Eagles are back in action on Saturday against former CAA rival William & Mary at 10:00 a.m.

Singles Matches
#1 Pyung Koo Lee (H)) def. Bence Hamori (AU) 6-4, 2-6, 7-5
#2 Josh Procacci (AU) Glauco Nascimento (H) 6-1, 6-2
#3 Tomas Ibler (H) def. Tushar Garg (AU) 6-4, 6-4
#4 Juan Jaysingh (AU) def. Ladislar Rezac (H) 7-6, 6-2
#5 Guillaume Taralle (AU) def. Amine Elovazzane (H) 7-6, 0-6, 7-6
#6 Valter Paiva (H) def. Kyle Bailey (AU) 4-6, 6-2, 2-2 (ret.)

Doubles Matches
#1 Fliegelman/Taralle (AU) def. Lee/Nascimento (H) 8-1
#2 Hamori/Bailey (AU) def. Ibler/Rezac (H) 7-5
#3 Garg/Kulscar (AU) def. Paiva/Lenoardo Casadei (H) 8-5