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Men's Tennis Defeats GW in Season Opener
Eagles open their Spring season with 4-2 victory

February 1, 2002

Senior co-captain Kyle Bailey notched victories in both singles and doubles play to help AU to a 4-2 season-opening win over George Washington.

WASHINGTON -- The American men's tennis team took four of six singles matches en route to a 4-2 victory over local rival George Washington in the team's season opener on Friday.

Bence Hamori, AU's #1 seed, cruised to a 6-3, 6-4 win over Matt Hane while teammate Josh Procacci defeated Jacob Jopling, 6-4, 6-2, in #2 singles. Tushar Garg won at the #3 singles spot over Kevin Wright (62, 7-6[3]) and Kyle Bailey took the #5 flight win over Kinzie Wright (6-2, 7-5).

The Eagles' #3 doubles team of Procacci and Bailey defeated GW's Mike Melen and Chris Moulton 8-2 to secure American's season-opening victory.

American heads to College Park, Md., on Saturday for a matchup against the University of Maryland.

Singles Matches
#1 Bence Hamori (AU) def. Matt Hane (GW) 6-3, 6-4
#2 Josh Procacci (AU) def. Jacob Jopling (GW) 6-4, 6-2
#3 Tushar Garg (AU) def. Kevin Wright (GW) 6-2, 7-6 (3)
#4 Matt Treadgold (GW) def. Guillaume Taralle (AU) 7-6, 6-4
#5 Kyle Bailey (AU) def. Kinzie Wright (GW) 6-2, 7-5
#6 Brett Warner (GW) def. Jonah Fliegelman (AU) 0-6, 7-5 (10-8)

Doubles Matches
#1 Hane/Jopling (GW) def. Hamori/Garg (AU) 8-5
#2 Taralle/Fliegelman (AU) vs. Warner/Treadgold (GW) DNP
#3 Bailey/Procacci (AU) def. Melen/Moulton (GW) 8-2