Oct. 4, 2002

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Sophomores Ben Birkmann (Bremen, Germany) and Andres Rojas (Guatemala City, Guatemala) each won their singles matches against Georgia Southern Friday at the Hastings Memorial/JU Invitational at the University of North Florida Tennis Complex.

Birkmann defeated Mark Finnegan, 6-3, 6-2, and Rojas defeated Stephen Dubienski, 6-0, 6-2. The Eagles' Noah Tyler defeated Christoph Mueller (Waldsassen, Germany), as Mueller could not continue due to an illness, while Danie Van den Heever and Charles-Henri Trottet defeated Kamal El Bouzkouri (Meknes, Morocco) and Dale Alderman (Alpharetta, Ga.), respectively, for Georgia Southern.

The Eagles won two out of three doubles matches as Tyler and Uli Ebensperger defeated Rojas and Alderman, 9-8, while Vincent Patry and Dubienski defeated El Bouzkouri and Brandon Snellings of Mercer, 8-0. Birkmann and Mueller defeated Finnegan and Van den Heever, 8-3, for the Dolphins' lone doubles win.

Florida Atlantic and Mercer squared off in the second match, with the Owls winning five of six singles matches in the morning, but the Bears swept all three doubles matches.

The Hastings Memorial/JU Invitational continues tomorrow morning as the Dolphins face Florida Atlantic at 9 a.m. and Mercer takes on Georgia Southern at 9 a.m. at the North Florida Tennis Complex.

Singles Results
JU vs. Georgia Southern
Ben Birkmann d. Mark Finnegan                 6-3, 6-2
Noah Tyler d. Christoph Mueller               4-6, 7-6, ret.
Andres Rojas d. Stephen Dubienski             6-0, 6-2
Danie Van den Heever d. Kamal El Bouzkouri    6-1, 6-2
Charles-Henri Trottet d. Dale Alderman        6-3, 6-3

Doubles Results
Birkmann/Mueller d. Finnegan/Van den Heever   8-3
Tyler/Ebensperger d. Rojas/Alderman           9-8
Patry/Dubienski d. El Bouzkouri/Snelling      8-0

Singles Results
FAU vs. Mercer
Felipe Echeverri d. Christian Paiz            6-4, 6-4
Michael Witting d. Kevin Obletz               4-6, 7-5, 7-6 (8-6)
Ricardo Echeverri d. Oscar Plotnik            6-2, 6-2
Ernest Diaz d. Subash Patel                   6-3, 5-7, 7-6
Jeremy Perez d. Nima Akhavein                 6-0, 7-5
Thiago Cunha d. Jason Glow                    3-6, 7-6, 7-6
Roman Kowalski d. Brandon Snelling             - - -

Doubles Results
Witting/Akhavein d. Obletz/Paiz               9-7
Echeverri/Echeverri d. Plotnik/Kowalski       8-1
Glow/Patel d. Cunha/Perez                     9-7

Afternoon Results
JU vs. Georgia Southern
Ben Birkmann d. Uli Ebensperger               6-1, 6-4
Mark Finnegan d. Andres Rojas                 6-0, 6-0
Vincent Patry d. Kamal El Bouzkouri           6-2, 6-4
Danie Van den Heever d. Dale Alderman         7-6, 6-1

FAU vs. Mercer
Felipe Echeverri d. Kevin Obletz              6-4, 6-1
Christian Paiz d. Michael Witting             6-2, 6-3
Ricardo Echeverri d. Jeremy Perez             6-2, 6-0
Oscar Plotnik d. Subash Patel                 6-0, 6-2
Nima Akhavein d. Thiago Cunha                 6-2, 6-1
Jason Glow d. Roman Kowalski                  0-6, 7-5, 11-9