Feb. 19, 2003

Birmingham-Southern defeated Samford 5-2 in men's tennis action Wednesday at the BSC Tennis Courts.

BSC earned its first win of the season to improve to 1-1. Samford drops to 1-6.

BSC took the opening doubles point by winning at the No. 1 and 2 positions. Both teams put points up quickly in singles play as Samford's Andres Leal won at No. 6, while BSC's Nils Hanchen scored a victory at No. 1.

Ben Johnson put the Panthers up 3-1 with a win at No. 5, but the Bulldogs closed the gap to 3-2 with Raphael Bohli's win at No. 2.

Kyle Weidman clinched the match for BSC with a 6-3, 6-4 win at No. 4 over Johnny Griffee. Richard Turner added the final point in a comeback victory at No. 3.

BSC 5, Samford 2

Doubles

1. Nils Hanchen/Richard Turner (BSC) def. Travis. Johnson/Joey Jensen (SU) 8-5

2. Eric Baumgardner/Kyle Weidman (BSC) def. Raphael Bohli/Manuel Miletic (SU) 8-5

3. J. Bryce/Johnny Griffee (SU) def. Ben Johnson/Adam Kolasa (BSC), 8-2

Singles

1. Hanchen (BSC) def. Johnson (SU) 6-1, 6-2

2. Bohli (SU) def. Baumgardner (BSC), 7-6 (5), 6-1

3. Turner (BSC) def. Miletic (SU) 6-7 (0), 7-6 (7), 10-8

4. Weidman (BSC) def. Griffee (SU) 6-3, 6-4

5. Johnson (BSC) def. Jensen (SU) 6-3, 6-1

6. Andres Leal (SU) def. Kolasa (BSC) 6-0, 6-1