Feb. 10, 2007

Contact: Josh Rattray

FORT WAYNE, Ind. - Cleveland State won the doubles point and five of six singles matches, including to in three sets, to defeat IUPUI, 6-1, at Fort Wayne, Ind. on Saturday. CSU is now 7-1 on the season.

After the Vikings won at Nos. 1 and 3 doubles to take a 1-0 lead, sophomores Steven Wipprecht (9-6) and Rob West (12-3) and senior Dan Singer (9-5) each won in three sets to clinch the victory.

"Steve and Rob won pretty quickly so we were up 3-0 early," head coach Brian Etzkin. "And Dan is a good guy to have to win the fourth point. He's our most experienced player and he has been in the position before."

Cleveland State has won the doubles point in seven of its eight dual matches.

Junior Brad Groleski (10-10) and freshman Ryan Hamning (17-5) won in three sets at Nos. 2 and 3 singles, respectively, to extend the CSU lead. Groleski split the first two sets before winning a 10-5 third-set tie-breaker. Hamning played out three sets against IUPUI's Ross Gehlhausen, winning 7-6 (7), 5-7, 6-4.

"It was a good team victory," Etzkin said. "Everyone got a piece of the win."

CSU continues its busy weekend at Xavier on Sunday.

DOUBLES RESULTS

Orno/Hamning def. Garcia/J. Saav (IUPUI) - 8-4

Gehlhausen/Sosa (IUPUI) def. Groleski/Singer L 9-7

West/Wipprecht def. Shallowfield/Yamabe (IUPUI) 8-5

SINGLES RESULTS

Gabriel Garcia (IUPUI) def. Phil Orno - 6-1, 1-6, 6-2

Brad Groleski def. Javier Saab (IUPUI) - 7-6 (4), 3-6, 10-5

Ryan Hamning def. Ross Gehlhausen (IUPUI) - 7-6 (7), 5-7, 6-4

Dan Singer def. Gregory Sosa (IUPUI) - 7-5, 6-4

Steven Wipprecht def. Greg Fallowfield (IUPUI) - 6-2, 6-2

Rob West def. Blake Powers (IUPUI) - 6-0, 7-5

EXHIBITION

Josh Kutch (IUPUI) def. Danny Popescu - 8-1