University of Massachusets Athletics
Minutemen Fall to Dayton in 2nd Round of Championships
July 30, 1999 | Men's Tennis
April 23, 1999
Dayton 5, UMass 2
Singles
1. Pete Tebernik (Dayton) def. Steve Prisco (UMass) 6-4, 1-0
2. Jeff Keckley (Dayton) def. Todd Cheney (UMass) 6-2, 6-3
3. Rob Manchester (UMass) def. Brad Nykiel (Dayton) 6-2, 2-1
4. Bo Navarro (UMass) def. Steve Thompson (Dayton) 4-6, 6-3,
6-4
5. Dan Altenau (Dayton) def. Josh Bainton (UMass) 7-6 (5),
6-7(5), 6-2
6. Scott Brammer (Dayton) def. Bill Greener (UMass) 6-3, 4-6,
7-5
Doubles
1. Tebernik / Keckley (Dayton) def. Manchester / Prisco
(UMass) 8-6
2. Cheney / Navarro (UMass) def. Nykiel / Thompson
(Dayton) 8-4
3. Altenau / Brammer (Dayton) def. Bainton / Todd Champeau
(UMass) 8-5
BLACKSBURG, Va. -- The University of Massachusetts men's tennis team, the fifth seed in the Atlantic 10 Tourmnament, fell to No. 4 seed Dayton yesterday by a score of 5-2 in second round of Atlantic 10 Championship action.
Junior Rob Manchester (Attleboro, Mass.) led the Minuteman attack with a 6-2, 6-3 victory at No. 3 singles. Junior Bo Navarro (San Diego, Calif.) won his singles match, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 at No. 4 singles. In doubles action the team of Navarro and senior Todd Cheney (South Dennis, Mass.) continued their winning ways with a 8-4 triumph at No. 2 doubles.
Next up for the Minutemen will be seventh seeded Xavier, tomorrow at 12:00 p.m.
