April 22, 2004

DALLAS, Texas - Sandy Farquharson and Niels Buksik each collected wins Wednesday afternoon, but it wasn't enough as SMU defeated Texas-Arlington 5-2 at the Haggar Tennis Stadium in Dallas. UTA closed out the regular season with a 13-9 overall mark.

SMU claimed the first team point after sweeping the doubles flights. Seniors David Corrie and Nathan McGregor dropped an 8-4 decision to Johan Brunstrom and Henrik Soderberg at the top position. The doubles tandems of Sandy Farquharson and Niels Buksik and Ian Vazquez-Rowe and Kyle Mims fell 8-2 at No. 2 and No. 3, respectively.

In singles action, SMU won four of six matches to secure its victory over the Mavericks. Farquharson handed Gwinyai Chingoka a 6-3, 6-4 loss at No. 3 singles while Buksik picked up the final UTA win, a 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 victory over Lukasz Senczysczyn at the No. 4 position.

The Mavericks will use the next week to prepare to defend their SLC tournament crown at the postseason tournament April 29-May 1 in San Antonio.

FINAL SCORE: SMU-5, UTA-2

SINGLES
1. Johan Brunstrom (SMU) def. David Corrie (UTA), 6-3, 6-0
2. Henrik Soderberg (SMU) def. Nathan McGregor (UTA), 6-2, 6-3
3. Sandy Farquharson (UTA) def. Gwinyai Chingoka (SMU), 6-3, 6-4
4. Niels Buksik (UTA) def. Lukasz Senczysczyn (SMU), 6-2, 3-6, 7-6
5. Alex Skrypko (SMU) def. Ian Vazquez-Rowe (UTA), 7-5, 6-3
6. Federico Murgier (SMU) def. Kyle Mims (UTA), 6-3, 6-2

DOUBLES
1. Brunstrom/Soderberg (SMU) def. Corrie/McGregor (UTA), 8-4
2. Oredsson/Murgier (SMU) def. Farquharson/Buksik (UTA), 8-2
3. Chingoka/Skrypko (SMU) def. Vazquez-Rowe/Mims (UTA), 8-2

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