George Washington University Athletics
Men's Tennis Slips By Howard, 4-3
3/30/2000 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
GW won four of the six singles matches to claim the win. Michael Stein powered past Jamar Stephens, 6-2, 6-1, at No. 2 singles. Jonathan Davidson tallied a 6-2, 6-2 victory over Jamal Ahmed at No. 4 singles, and Drew Zamansky cruised past Jaron Jackson, 6-0, 6-0, at No. 6 singles. Kinzie Wright came back after losing the first set to claim a three-set win over Nicholas Askew, 3-6, 6-1, 6-2, at No. 3 singles.
Kevin Wright retired in the No. 1 singles match against Dwayne Papon with Paon ahead 6-4, 3-0. Khalid Saleh-Eddine recorded a singles victory for Howard with a hard-fought 6-4, 6-4 win over Nick Vikstrom at No. 5 singles.
Howard won two of the three doubles matches to jump out to an early 2-1 lead in the match. Mike Melen and David Yans improved to 2-0 as a tandem this season with an 8-2 win over Salah-Eddine and Jackson at No. 3 doubles.
Stein and Davidson fell in the No. 1 doubles match, 8-4, to Howard's Papon and Stephens. Askew and Ahmed barely got past GW's Zamansky and Vikstrom, 9-8, at No. 2 doubles.
GW returns to action Thursday, April 6, with a 2:00 pm match at American.
GW 4, Howard 3
March 29, 2000 * at Howard
Singles
No. 1 Dwayne Papon (H) def. Kevin Wright 6-4, 3-0 ret.
No. 2 Michael Stein (GW) def. Jamar Stephens 6-2, 6-1
No. 3 Kinzie Wright (GW) def. Nicholas Askew 3-6, 6-1, 6-2
No. 4 Jonathan Davidson (GW) def. Jamal Ahmed 6-2, 6-2
No. 5 Khalid Saleh-Eddine (H) def. Nick Vikstrom 6-4, 6-4
No. 6 Drew Zamansky (GW) def. Jaron Jackson 6-0, 6-0
Doubles
No. 1 Papon/Stephens (H) def. Stein/Davidson 8-4
No. 2 Askew/Ahmed (H) def. Zamansky/Vickstrom 9-8
No. 3 Mike Melen/David Yans (GW) def. Saleh-Eddine/Jackson 8-2
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