For Immediate Release
April 13, 2005

Maroons Fall to Olivet Nazarene 4-3

Chicago -- The University of Chicago men's tennis team dropped a 4-3 decision to Olivet Nazarene University, currently ranked 18th in the NAIA, Wednesday at the Stagg Field Courts.

Olivet Nazarene clinched the victory in the darkness-shortened match with a win by Aaron Gregory over Chicago senior Jacob Reckess (Poughkeepsie, N.Y./ Ketcham) in a three-set super tiebreaker at fifth singles.

Chicago fell to 16-8 on the season, while Olivet Nazarene improved to 9-1.

Singles
1. Bortz, Ward (UCM) def. Hervey, Mark (ONU) 6-3, 6-2
2. Deriy, Sasha (UCM) def. Amezqueta, Fermin (ONU) 6-3, 6-4
3. Acosta, Jaime (ONU) def. Venkataraman, Vivek (UCM) 2-6, 6-3, 6-2
4. Mondel, Aarka (ONU) def. Tchan, Joseph (UCM) 6-0, 6-2
5. Gregory, Aaron (ONU) def. Reckess, Jacob (UCM) 7-6, 5-7, 1-0
6. Sithian, Bharath (UCM) def. Loyola, Luis (ONU) 7-6, 6-2

Doubles
1. Amezqueta, Fermin/Hervey, Mark (ONU) def. Bortz, Ward/Deriy, Sasha (UCM) 8-4
2. Acosta, Jaime/Mondel, Aarka (ONU) def. Reckess, Jacob/Tchan, Joseph (UCM) 9-8
3. Gregory, Aaron/Loyola, Luis (ONU) def. Sithian, Bharath/Venkataraman, Vivek (UCM) 9-8