George Washington University Athletics
Men's Tennis Finishes Fourth In Atlantic 10 Tournament
4/15/2001 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
St. Bonaventure captured the 2001 Verizon Atlantic 10 Men's Tennis championship title with its 4-2 victory over Massachusetts. It is the Bonnies first A-10 title, which earns them an automatic berth into the NCAA men's tennis championship.
In the championship match, St. Bonaventure captured the doubles point winning No. 2 (Joel Carney / Mark Gorski) and No. 3 (Markus Arvaja / Drew Crawford) 8-6 and 8-4 respectively. In No. 2 singles, Mikko Haulos (SBU) def. Brent Davis 6-2, 6-4. St. Bonaventure won No. 3 singles as Joel Carney defeated Will Shaw 6-2, 6-3 while Arvaja won No. 5 singles for the Bonnies, 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 over Rory Theis for the 4-2 win.
The final day began with #3 Xavier facing #4 George Washington for third place in an intense match that went down to the wire at No. 1 singles for the deciding point and 4-3 victory. Xavier's Danny Sturdevan bounced back from a 5-7 loss to Matt Hane and took the second set 6-4 and the deciding match 6-4. Rob Bakker won No. 2 singles over GW's Kevin Wright 6-2, 1-6, 6-0 and the Colonials won No. 3 singles with Kinzie Wright defeating Aaron Bauer 6-4, 1-6, 7-5. Xavier captured No. 4 and No. 6 singles as Ryan Potts defeated Nick Vikstrom 6-3, 6-4 and Cameron Bell took the decision over Brett Warner 6-3, 2-6, 4-1 as Warner retired in the third set. The Colonials won No. 5 singles with Mike Melen defeating Scott Triplett 2-6, 6-3, 6-3. George Washington won No. 1 (Kevin Wright / Drew Zamansky) and No. 2 doubles (Hane / Kinzie Wright) 8-3, 8-4 respectively.
Host Duquesne took a 4-0 victory over Rhode Island to finish fifth overall. The Dukes took doubles as David Brady and Paul Tran took an 8-1 win over Bill Moran and Kevin Colozzi at No. 1 doubles, while Jason Mayer and Oran Stephen defeated URI's Dave Gustein and Karl Antons 8-6 at the No. 2 slot. Brady won No. 1 singles 6-4, 6-1 over Moran and Mayer defeated Phil Johnson 6-2, 7-5 at No. 2 singles. Paul Tran's 6-2, 6-2 win over Mike Jacobs at No. 5 singles gave the Dukes the decision.
The All-Championship Team will be voted upon by the coaches and released later this week.
Final Team Standings 1. St. Bonaventure 2. Massachusetts 3. Xavier 4. George Washington 5. Duquesne 6. Rhode Island 7. Dayton 8. Temple 9. Fordham 10. St. Joseph's 11. La Salle
