March 5, 1999

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - The Texas Tech men's tennis team opened play at the Corpus Christi Invitational in impressive fashion defeating 23rd nationally-ranked Minnesota 4-2. The Red Raiders improve their record to 7-2 on the 1999 season.

The team opened the match strong taking the doubles point. The No. 1 team of Ryan Shupe and Dustin Hawk defeated Martin Michalowsky and Adam Selkirk 8-3. The point was clinched when the No. 2 tandem of Jevgenij Caroiv and Petar Danolic beat Tyson Parry and Dave Duenas 8-5.

The Red Raiders had singles wins by No. 2 Ryan Shupe, No. 5 Adam Baranowsi and No. 6 Dustin Hawk to close out the match with the 4-2 victory. Baranowski runs his team best singles record to 8-1 with a 6-4, 6-1 victory over Thomas Haug.

Texas Tech now advances to the second round to play Clemson. The Invite is scheduled to run through Sunday.

Texas Tech 4	Minnesota 2
Singles									
No. 1	Borut Martincevic (TTU) vs. Tom Chicoine (UM) DNF
No. 2	Ryan Shupe (TTU)  d. Tyson Parry (UM) 7-5, 6-4
No. 3	Adam Selkirk (UM) d. Jevgenij Cariov (TTU) 6-2, 3-6, 6-4
No. 4	Jon Svensson (UM) d. Petar Danolic (TTU) 6-1, 6-0
No. 5	Adam Baranowski (TTU) d. Thomas Haug 6-4, 6-1
No. 6	Dustin Hawk (TTU) d. Martin Michalowsky (UM) 6-4, 7-6
Doubles
No. 1	Shupe - Hawk (TTU) d. Michalowsky - Selkirk (UM) 8-3
No. 2	Cariov - Danolic (TTU) d. Parry - Duenas (UM) 8-5
No. 3	Baranowski - Wheat (TTU) d. Davies - Haug (UM) 9-7