For Immediate Release
April 15, 2005

Chicago Moves on to UAA Semifinals

Boston -- The University of Chicago men's tennis team edged Carnegie Mellon University 4-3 in the first round of the 2005 University Athletic Association Championship on Friday.

With the win, Chicago (17-8) advances to the UAA semifinals scheduled for Saturday at 1:00 p.m. (ET) against Emory University (15-2). The winner of Saturday's contest will play for the conference crown Sunday at 9:00 a.m.

Emory, which finished third at last year's NCAA Division III Championship, has won the last 15 UAA titles.

Singles
1. Bortz, Ward (UCM) def. Sofman, Boris (CMU) 6-3, 6-1
2. Clearfield, Andrew (CMU) def. Deriy, Sasha (UCM) 6-4, 2-6, 6-4
3. Venkataraman, Vivek (UCM) def. Kuhn, Stephen (CMU) 6-3, 6-4
4. Tchan, Joseph (UCM) def. Yang, Carl (CMU) 5-7, 6-2, 6-2
5. Carazo-Zapetis, Rex (CMU) def. Reckess, Jacob (UCM) 4-6, 6-4, 6-4
6. Sithian, Bharath (UCM) def. Koslosky, Jordan (CMU) 6-2, 6-3

Doubles
1. Koslosky, Jordan/Sofman, Boris (CMU) def. Bortz, Ward/Deriy, Sasha (UCM) 8-4
2. Reckess, Jacob/Tchan, Joseph (UCM) def. Laws, Ryan/Yang, Carl (CMU) 8-3
3. Clearfield, Andrew/Kuhn, Stephen (CMU) def. Sithian, Bharath/Venkataraman, Vivek (UCM) 8-5