March 25, 2007

CINCINNATI, OH - The Temple University men's tennis team fell to Xavier, 7-0, Sunday afternoon in Cincinnati, Ohio. It was the second-straight loss for the Owls, who fell to 8-9 on the season (2-4 in A-10 play). The Musketeers improved to 10-9 overall (6-1 in A-10 play).

Freshman Pavlos Stephanides had the most competitive match of the day for Temple, dropping his fourth singles match, 7-6 (6), 6-3, to J.T. Torbeck.

Temple (8-9) next hosts Saint Joseph's at the TU Pavilion on Thursday, March 29 (2:00 p.m.).

Xavier 7, Temple 0 Cincinnati, OH March 25, 2007

Singles

1. Doug Matthews (XU) def. Nathan Spunda (TU) 6-2, 6-4 2. Jeremy Miller (XU) def. Daniel Davis (TU) 6-2, 6-3 3. Ra'ees Ismail (XU) def. Zach Tobias (TU) 6-2, 6-0 4. J.T. Torbeck (XU) def. Pavlos Stephanides (TU) 7-6 (6), 6-3 5. Mike Dieciuc (XU) def. Gonzalo DeVilla 6-1, 6-1 6. Brian Schubert (XU) def. Philip Gegenheimer (TU) 6-1, 6-0

Doubles

1. Matthews/Miller (XU) def. Spencer/Stephanides (TU) 8-0 2. Ismail/Torbeck (XU) def. Tobias/Spunda (TU) 8-5 3. Dieciuc/Palmenter (XU) def. Davis/Saavedra (TU) 9-7