March 31, 2007

Maroons Defeat NYU 8-1

CHICAGO -- The 28th-ranked University of Chicago men's tennis team defeated New York University 8-1 Saturday night at Bally's in Hyde Park.

Chicago won five of six singles matches and swept three doubles contests. The victory snapped a two-match losing streak and evened the Maroons' overall record at 6-6. NYU fell to 1-8.

Chicago 8, NYU 1

Singles competition
1. Vivek Venkataraman (UCM) def. Mike Gurevich (NYU) 6-4, 0-6, 1-0 (10-7)
2. Garrett Brinker (UCM) def. Calvin Chou (NYU) retired
3. Steve Saltarelli (UCM) def. Zubair Ghouse (NYU) 6-1, 6-2
4. Craig Berger (NYU) def. Joseph Tchan (UCM) 6-1, 6-7 (5-7), 1-0 (10-8)
5. Noah Schneider (UCM) def. P.J. Manancha (NYU) 6-1, 6-2
6. Bharath Sithian (UCM) def. Greg Werbowski (NYU) 6-1, 6-0

Doubles competition
1. Saltarelli/ Venkataraman (UCM) def. Gurevich/ Manancha (NYU) 8-2
2. Brinker/ Schneider (UCM) def. Berger/ Ghouse (NYU) 8-4
3. Sithian/ Tchan (UCM) def. Chou/ Werbowski (NYU) 8-2