For Immediate Release: February 4, 2006
Contact: John Hartrick (hartrick@binghamton.edu)
Phone: 607-777-6800

BU men's tennis rallies past Concordia 4-3 on road

NEW YORK, N.Y. - Binghamton men's tennis (4-2) continued its three-match weekend road trip with a 4-3 victory over host Concordia College Saturday afternoon. The Bearcats dropped the doubles point but won four of the six singles matches to claim the team victory. Concordia advanced to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Division II Championship last spring.

"We gritted out a win," head coach Michael Starke said. "We had some great spirit out there."

After dropping two of the three doubles matches and losing the first two completed singles matches, BU trailed 3-0 before senior Richemn Mourad (Sao Paulo, Brazil) earned the first point with a three-set win at number one singles. After wins by senior Brian O'Connor (New Rochelle, N.Y.) and sophomore Faisal Mohamed (Lynbrook, N.Y.) a four and five singles, respectively, the match was decided at No. 6, where sophomore Mark Piro (Clifton Park, N.Y.) hung on for a 6-0, 7-5 win.

Binghamton concludes its weekend with a Sunday match at Army.

DOUBLES
1. Teixeira/Azovtsev (C) def. Martinez/O'Connor (BU), 8-6
2. Cassas/Molet (C) def. Mourad/Gerard (BU), 8-3
3. Dobrin/Mohamed (BU) def. Froes/Oztug (C), 8-6

SINGLES
1. Richemn Mourad (BU) def. Rodrigo Teixeira (C), 2-6, 6-3, 6-4
2. Kirill Azovtsev (C) def. Aureleo Martinez (BU), 6-2, 6-0
3. Josep Molet (C) def. Alex Dobrin (BU), 6-3, 3-6, 6-4
4. Brian O'Conner (BU) def. John Cassas (C), 6-1, 6-1
5. Faisal Mohamed (BU) def. Marcelo Froes (C), 6-1, 6-3
6. Mark Piro (BU) def. Tufan Oztug (C), 6-0, 7-5