April 16, 2003

Milwaukee, Wis. - In a tightly contested battle, eighth-seeded Charlotte (10-10) advanced to the quarterfinal round with a 4-1 victory over ninth-seeded Saint Louis (7-12). Charlotte's Jonathan Clark claimed the win with a three set victory over Thomas Kwong at the no. 3 spot 2-6, 6-4, 7-5. The two matches at the no. 1 and no. 2 spots were late in the third set when the match was clinched.

The 49ers opened up a 3-1 lead after taking straight-set matches at the nos. 5 and 6 spots. David picked up a win at no. 5 spot, 6-1, 6-4 over Sanjeev Paramanthan. Earlier, Jonathan Vencatachellum claimed a win at the no. 6 spot, beating Taylor Curran, 6-1, 6-4. Saint Louis had briefly tied the match at one when Tom DeLarzak won at the no. 4 spot, 6-4, 6-1 over Christofer Bowman.

Charlotte took a 1-0 lead after a battle for the doubles point. After splitting at the no. 2 and no. 3 spots, no. 1 doubles was hotly contested. The two teams went to a tie break and Charlotte picked up a key double fault to go up 4-2 in the tie break before eventually winning it 7-4.

Charlotte advances to meet top seed Tulane at noon on Thursday at Heyer Park (A). Saint Louis will play Marquette in the ninth-place semifinals on Thursday at 11:30 a.m. at Heyer Park (B).

(8) CHARLOTTE 4, (9) SAINT LOUIS 1

S1: Arturo Aguirre (CHA) vs. Ikaika Jobe (SLU) DNF S2: Marlo Santoso (CHA) vs. Lance Vodicka (SLU) DNF S3: Jonathan Clark (CHA) d. Thomas Kwong (SLU) 2-6, 6-4, 7-5 S4: Tom DeLarzak (SLU) d. Christofer Boman (CHA) 6-4, 6-1 S5: David Bolin (CHA) d. Sanjeev Paramanathan (SLU) 6-1, 6-4 S6: Jonathan Vencatachellum (CHA) d. Taylor Curran (SLU) 6-1, 6-4

D1: Bolin/Santoso (CHA) d. DeLarzac/Vodicka (SLU) 9-8 D2: Clark/Boman (CHA) d. Jobe/Paramanathan (SLU) 9-7 D3: Kwong/Michael Hoosien (SLU) d. Stuart Lynas/Vencatachellum (CHA) 8-3