March 9, 2001

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - The Texas Tech men's tennis team traveled to South Texas, today to compete in the annual Corpus Christi Invitational. Play began at noon with Texas Tech (4-5, 0-1), upsetting 49th-ranked Louisville (12-4), 4-3.

Tech lost the doubles point by losing in the No. 1 and No. 2 positions. The No. 3 position was suspended with a score of 8-8.

The Red Raiders gained ground in singles with Borut Martincevic winning in the No. 1 position against Turtko Kujundzic in straight sets, 6-3, 6-2. He improves to 3-5, 0-1 on the year with all matches coming in the No. 1 position.

Today sparked the return of junior co-captain Royce Ramey. He battled in the No. 2 position, but fell short to Louisville's Joachim Lien, 6-3, 6-4. This was Ramey's second match of the season after tearing his rotator cuff in the first match of the season against Abilene Christian. He drops to 1-1 on the year.

Freshman Ben Gudzelak competed in the No. 3 position and defeated Paulo Carvalho in straight sets, 6-2, 6-4. He improves his team leading record to 6-2, 0-1.

In the No. 4 position Tech stopped the rhythm of swapping victories with Richard Crabtree winning in straight sets, 6-3, 7-5, improving his record to 6-3, 0-1.

Sophomore John Walker fell in position No. 5 to Oliver Lantrell in straight sets, 6-4, 6-2. He drops to 5-4, 0-1 on the year.

The No. 6 position was the final decider of the match with both teams tied at three. Tech's Costa Yiannakopolous won in three-sets over Alex Siversten, 3-6, 7-6, 6-4. He improves to 3-5, 0-1 for the 2001 campaign.

"I am extremely proud of our team," said head coach Tim Siegel. "They came out today prepared and gave 100 percent effort throughout the match. If they were not on the court they were making an impact by cheering for their teammates."

The Red Raiders will continue to compete in the Corpus Christi Invitational throughout the weekend.

RESULTS SINGLES 1. Borut Martincevic (TT) def. Turtko Kujundzic (UL) 6-3, 6-2 2. Joachim Lien (UL) def. Royce Ramey (TT) 6-3, 6-4 3. Ben Gudzelak (TT) def. Paulo Carvalho (TT) 6-2, 6-4 4. Richard Crabtree (TT) def. Cody Conley (TT) 6-3, 7-5 5. Oliver Lantrell (UL) def. John Walker (TT) 6-4, 6-2 6. Costa Yiannakopolous (TT) def. Alex Siversten (UL) 3-6, 7-6, 6-4

DOUBLES 1. Lien/Kujundzic (UL) def. Crabtree/Gudzelak (TT) 8-6 2. Conley/McCombe (UL) def. Walker/Martincevic (TT) 8-4 3. Cantrell/Jake Kirts (UL) vs. Ramey/Chris Drumm (TT) Suspended, 8-8