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No. 68 AU Men's Tennis Falls to Richmond, 4-3
Eagles to open Patriot League play on Saturday

Kyle Bailey held on in the third set of singles at No. 3 for a win.

March 27, 2003

WASHINGTON -- The No. 68 American University men's tennis team lost to Richmond in a nailbiting, third-set marathon Thursday afternoon at Reeves Court by a score of 4-3. Trailing 3-1 with three singles matches in the third set, American had to capture all three in order to pull off a win.

The Eagles (7-2) lost the doubles point and couldn't take advantage of opportunities to beat the Spiders. AU junior Tushar Garg (Mumbai, India/Bradenton Academy) double faulted at match point with UR's David Donn before fall, 6-1, in the final set at No. 1 singles. Garg had overpowered Donn in the first set, 6-0, but couldn't hang onto the momentum.

Winning for American was senior Kyle Bailey (Sinking Spring, Pa./Wilson), who beat Derek Schwandt at No. 3 singles, 6-7(7), 6-2, 6-3. Junior Juan Jaysingh (Rockville, Md./Georgetown Prep) earned the Eagles' first point at No. 5 singles with a 6-4, 6-2 win over Don Scafford. Freshman Juancarlo Vazquez (San Juan, Puerto Rico/Centre Educativo Superior Vocational) recovered from losing the first set 1-6 to gut out 7-6(6), 6-4 decisions in the final two.

American will host Colgate on Friday at 2:30 p.m. and then Bucknell and Lehigh on Sunday.

RICHMOND 4, AMERICAN 3
Singles
1. David Donn (UR) def. Tushar Garg (AU), 6-0, 6-7, 1-6
2. Niki Doll (UR) def. Guillaume Tarralle (AU), 6-4, 6-4
3. Kyle Bailey (AU) def. Derek Schwandt (UR), 6-7(7), 6-2, 6-3
4. Juancarlo Vazquez (AU) def. Matt Cabana (UR), 1-6, 7-6(6), 6-4
5. Juan Jaysingh (AU) def. Don Scafford (UR), 6-4, 6-2
6. Jeppy Moss (UR) def. Jonah Fliegelman (AU), 3-6, 7-6, 6-4

Doubles
1. Doll/Cabana (UR) def. Garg/Taralle (AU), 8-5
2. Donn/Moss (UR) def. Bailey/Fliegelman (AU), 8-5
3. Schwandt/Scafford (UR) def. Ruben Rivero/Jaysingh, 9-8