ATLANTA -- The 21st-ranked University of Chicago men's tennis team defeated New York University 6-3 in the opening round of the 2008 University Athletic Association Championship Friday morning at Emory University.

The victory moves Chicago (13-6) into Saturday's semifinal round where it will face Washington (Mo.) University at 12:30 p.m. (EST). The second-ranked Bears (15-3) defeated the University of Rochester 9-0 in quarterfinal action.

Sophomores Garrett Brinker (Granger, Ind./ Penn) and Steve Saltarelli (Lake Bluff, Ill./ Lake Forest) won 8-4 at first doubles, and both were successful in singles play. Brinker notched a 7-6, 6-4 decision at fourth singles, while Saltarelli posted a 6-3, 6-4 win at the sixth slot.

Freshman Tim Walsh (Winter Springs, Fla./ Winter Springs) and sophomore Lado Bakhutashvili (Fox Point, Wis./ Nicolet) won in straight sets at second and third singles, respectively, and teamed up for an 8-3 victory at second doubles.

NYU fell to 8-9 on the season.

Chicago 6, NYU 3

Singles
1. Mikhail Gurevich (NYUM) def. Will Zhang (UCM) 5-7, 7-6, 10-6
2. Tim Walsh (UCM) def. Calvin Chou (NYUM) 6-2, 6-2
3. Lado Bakhutashvili (UCM) def. Craig Berger (NYUM) 6-2, 6-1
4. Garrett Brinker (UCM) def. Brett Levin (NYUM) 7-6, 6-4
5. Eugene Tsarevskiy (NYUM) def. Mark Bonner (UCM) 6-4, 7-5
6. Steve Saltarelli (UCM) def. P.J. Marranca (NYUM) 6-3, 6-4

Doubles
1. Saltarelli/ Brinker (UCM) def. Gurevich/ Levin (NYUM) 8-4
2. Bakhutashvili/ Walsh (UCM) def. Berger/ Tsarevskiy (NYUM) 8-3
3. Chou/Matthew Gross (NYUM) def. Bonner/Bharath Sithian (UCM) 9-8 (7-4)