Jan. 27, 2007

AUBURN, Ala. ---- The Samford men's tennis team opened up spring play today as they took on SEC opponent Auburn University. The Tigers swept the Bulldogs in the season opener by winning the doubles point and taking every singles match.

Samford will be back in action this Saturday, Feb. 2, as they travel to Lubbock, Texas, to take on Prairie View A&M and Texas Tech. For a full recap of the double header, visit www.samfordsports.com.

Singles 1. Robert Lathouwers (AU) def. Renan Silveira (SAM), 6-3, 6-1 2. Lukas Marsoun (AU) def. Stuart Misner (SAM), 6-2, 6-2 3. Pawel Dilaj (AU) def. Hank Grant (SAM), 6-2, 6-4 4. Milan Krvijetin (AU) def. Manuel Miletic (SAM), 6-4, 6-0 5. Alexey Tsyrenov (AU) def. Sam Huffman (SAM), 7-5, 6-7, 10-5 6. Terence Nuget (AU) def. Bradley Weaver (SAM), 6-3, 6-4

Doubles 1. Lathouwers/Marsoun (AU) def. Silveira/Huffman (SAM), 8-6 2. Krvijetin/Tsyrenov (AU) def. Misner/Grant (SAM), 8-5 3. Nugent/Dilaj (AU) def. Dushock/Miletic (SAM), 8-3