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Radford Men's Tennis Falls at Appalachian State, 6-1

Boone, N.C. -- Radford men's tennis fell to Appalachian State this afternoon, 6-1. The Highlanders fall to 11-9 overall, while the Mountaineers improve to 9-10.

After taking the doubles point with victories at No. 2 and 3 doubles, the Highlanders were swept in all six singles matches. It was only the second match this season and the first since Feb. 27 at South Carolina that RU did not win a singles point.

Radford closes out the regular season with a home match against Longwood on Saturday at 1 p.m.

Appalachian State 6, Radford 1

Singles
1 Alex Probst (ASU) def Brandon Johnson (RAD), 6-4,7-6
2 Dimitar Dimitrov (ASU) def. Arthur Vasarevic (RAD), 5-7,6-3,3
3 Ben Shuster (ASU) def. Joakim Arhammar (RAD), 6-2,6-0
4 Andrew Waters (ASU) def. Andre Cavaco (RAD), 7-6,6-1
5 Jason Nius (ASU) def. Robel Mengisteab (RAD), 6-2,6-2
6 Jacob Stapleton (ASU) def. Dominic Soeur (RAD), 6-2,6-3

Doubles
1 Shuster/Probst (ASU) def. Soeur/Johnson, 8-4
2 Cavaco/Vasarevic (RAD) def. Nius/Waters (ASU), 8-5
3 Arhammar/Mengisteab (RAD) def. Stapleton/Dimitrov (ASU), 9-7


April 9, 2004
Media contact: Brian Stanley (bmstanley@radford.edu) 540-831-5211

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