April 18, 2002

MACON, Ga. - Both the Samford men's and women's tennis teams dropped their first round matches at the Atlantic Sun Championships at the John Drew Smith Tennis Center in Macon. The #8 seeded Jacksonville Dolphins defeated the #9 seeded Bulldog men 4-3. JU improved to 13-11 while Samford dropped to 11-14. Jacksonville will play #1 UCF Friday at 12:00 pm. The #9 seeded Belmont women defeated the #8 seeded Bulldogs 4-2. Belmont improves to 14-5 overall while Samford, seeded #8, drops to 13-12. Belmont advances to play #1 UCF at 11:30 am Friday.

Jacksonville 4, Samford 3

Men's Singles
#1 Ben Birkmann (JU) d. David Misner (Sam) 7-5, 6-1
#2 Christoph Mueller (JU) d. Raphael Bohli (Sam) 6-4, 6-4
#3 Andres Rojas (JU) d. Colin Thompson (Sam) 6-4, 6-1
#4 Anthony Bugge (JU) d. Joey Jensen (Sam) 6-3, 4-6, 5-3 retired
#5 Chuck Haddox (Sam) d. Rich Davoli (JU) 6-4, 6-1
#6 Travis Johnson (Sam) d. Kamal El Bouzkouri (JU) 6-0, 7-5 TSU) 6-1, 6-1

Men's Doubles:
#1 DNF
#2 Bohli/Thompson (Sam) d. Rojas/Bugge (JU) 8-3
#3 Haddox/Andres Leal (Sam) d. El Bouzkouri/Davoli (JU) 8-5