MAY 4, 2001

Truman Men Fall to Top-Ranked Drury in NCAA Regional

The Truman men's tennis team, making its second straight NCAA Division II postseason appearance, fell by a 5-0 margin to No. 1-ranked Drury University today. The loss ends Truman's season at 10-9 overall, while top-seeded Drury improves to 22-4.

Truman was the No. 4 seed in the tournament. Drury will face No. 2 seed Texas Wesleyan, which today defeated Metropolitan State (Colo.) 5-2, on Saturday.

Listed below are complete Truman results from the regional:

DRURY 5, TRUMAN 0
NCAA Division II Midwest Regional
@ Cooper Tennis Complex, Springfield, Mo.
May 4, 2001

Singles
No. 1-Justin Menolascino (Truman) vs. Jalal Chafai (DU), Did not finish
No. 2-Nathan Artz (Truman) vs. Mehdi Belbacha (Drury), Did not finish
No. 3-Erich Podzinski (Truman) vs. Hicham Fathi (Drury), Did not finish
No. 4-Javier Llanes (Drury) def. Allan Atkins (Truman), 6-1, 6-1
No. 5-Jaka Gorisek (Drury) def. George Kidera (Truman), 6-4, 6-2
No. 6-Ben Smith (Truman) vs. Javier Zavala (Drury), Did not finish

Doubles
No. 1-Chafai/Belbacha (Drury), def. Menolascino/Podzinski (Truman), 8-0
No. 2-Gorisek/Limam (Drury) def. Artz/Adam Rees (Truman), 8-5
No. 3-Fathi/Llanes (Drury), def. Atkins/Kidera (Truman), 8-1

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