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Men's Tennis Notches Second Straight Win
Eagles claim 5-2 victory over Maryland

February 2, 2002

Josh Procacci came up big in the Eagles' 5-2 win over the University of Maryland. The Eagles have opened their spring with back-to-back wins.

COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- The Eagles followed up a 4-2 season opening victory over George Washington on Friday with a 5-2 win at the University of Maryland on Saturday.

After dropping the first set to Haris Causevic, Bence Hamori came back to capture the 5-7, 6-3, 7-6 win in No. 1 singles. In another tight match, No. 2 seed Josh Procacci dug out a 6-4, 7-5 win over Chris Chiu while teammate Tushar Garg had an easier time at No. 3 singles with a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Jon Murchison.

The Eagles (2-0) captured the doubles point, taking two of three matches. Hamori and Garg hooked up in the No. 2 doubles match, beating David Reichsefeld and Troy Demers, 8-2. Procacci and Juan Jaysingh defeated Chiu and Chambers, 8-3, to seal the Terrapins (0-1) fate.

Singles Matches
#1 Bence Hamori (AU) def. Haris Causevic (MD) 5-7, 6-3, 7-6
#2 Josh Procacci (AU) def. Chris Chiu (MD) 6-4, 7-5
#3 Tushar Garg (AU) def. Jon Murchinson (MD) 6-3, 6-2
#4 David Roichsefeld (MD) def. Juan Jaysingh (AU) 6-2, 7-6
#5 Troy Demers (MD) def. Guillaume Taralle (AU) 6-4, 1-6, 6-3
#6 Kyle Bailey (AU) def. Jeff Fink (MD) 6-1, 6-1

Doubles Matches
#1 Causevic/Murchinson (MD) def. Fliegelman/Taralle (AU) 8-5
#2 Hamori/Garg (AU) def. Reichsfeld/Demers (MD) 8-2
#3 Procacci/Jaysingh (AU) def. Chiu/Chambers (MD) 8-3