Feb. 3, 2008

KINGSTON, R.I. - The Temple men's tennis team made it back-to-back victories, as the Owls defeated Rhode Island in their first Atlantic 10 match of the season.

"It was a strong team effort and good Atlantic 10 victory," said head coach Steve Mauro.

Freshmen Lawrence Carpio picked up his first career singles victory, as he defeated URI's Jared Dorfman 6-3, 6-3 in #1 singles. Junior Eduardo Saavedra defeated Adam Gart 6-7, 6-4, 6-4 and senior Zach Tobias topped Andrew Costin 6-1, 6-4.

The Cherry and White (2-4) swept all three doubles contests. Carpio and freshmen Andrew Choi defeated Dorfman and 9-8, Saavedra and junior Ricardo Velazquez topped Gart and McGuire 8-4 and sophomore Pavlos Stephanides and Tobias bested Almstrom and Simmons 9-8.

The Owls are back in action on Friday when they travel to Old Dominion. Action is slated to begin at 7:00 p.m.

Temple 4 Rhode Island 2

Singles

1- (TU) Carpio d. (URI) Dorfman 6-3, 6-3 2- (URI) Cote d. (TU) Velazquez 6-0, 6-1 3- (URI) Almstrom d. (TU) Stephanides 7-6, 6-4 4- (TU) Saavedra d. (URI) Gart 6-7, 6-4, 6-4 5- (TU) Tobias d. (URI) Costin 6-1, 6-4

Doubles

Choi/Carpio d. Dorfman/Cote 9-8 Saavedra/Velazquez d. Gart/McGuire 8-4 Tobias/Stephanides d. Almstrom/Simmons 9-8