March 25, 2006
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The Purdue men's tennis team lost its fourth straight match 6-1 Saturday against Texas Tech in the Rice Invitational in Houston. The match drops the Boilermakers to 5-9 on the season.
Purdue lost the doubles point and did not win one of the three matches. At the No. 2 spot, Colin Foster and Kurt Zaske were not able to finish the match, thus resulting defeat.
In singles, the lone winner junior Scott Warner, who at the No. 6 position defeated Teddy DiBlasi 7-6, 1-6, 6-3 to gain the Boilermaker's single point.
Purdue resumes play in the Rice Invitational on Sunday when it faces South Florida. The match is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m.
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#37 Texas Tech 6, #73 Purdue 1
Singles 1. #112 Adrian Prpic (TTU) def. Colin Foster (PUR), 3-6, 6-4, 6-3
2. Dimitrio Martinez (TTU) def. Eric Hodgman (PUR), 6-4, 7-6
3. Christian Rojmar (TTU) def. Kelubia Mabatah (PUR), 6-3, 6-1
4. Michael Breler (TTU) def. Jarred Leibner (PUR), 7-6, 6-3*
5. Sinisa Markovic (TTU) def. Kurt Zaske (PUR), 6-3, 6-2
6. Scott Warner (PUR) def. Teddy DiBlasi (TTU), 7-6, 1-6, 6-3
Doubles
1. Prpic/Rojmar (TTU) def. Hodgman/Mabatah (PUR), 8-6
2. Foster/Zaske (P) def. Martinez/Breler (TT) 6-5 DNF
3. DiBlasi/Markovic (TTU) def. Leibner/Warner (PUR), 8-2
*Denotes match-clinching win
Purdue: 5-9 Texas Tech: 11-4
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