No. 4 Men's Tennis Gets Past No. 28 Southwest Baptist 5-4 For First Win of Season

RESULTS

Belleville, Ill., February 16, 2013 – The No. 4 ranked Washington University in St. Louis men’s tennis team picked up its first win of the season with a 5-4 victory over NCAA Division II No. 28 ranked Southwest Baptist University Saturday at King’s Point Racquet Club in Belleville, Ill.

Match-by-Match Results:
Singles:
1. #49 Kristof Kinal (SBU) def. #3 Adam Putterman (WASHUM) 6-4, 6-4
2. Omar El Khesen (SBU) def. Ross Putterman (WASHUM) 6-2, 6-2
3. Daniel Cardona (SBU) def. Tim Noack (WASHUM) 6-2, 2-6, 12-10
4. Tyler Kratky (WASHUM) def. Alex Belote (SBU) 7-6 (7-1), 6-2
5. Gary Parizher (WASHUM) def. Domingos Carissimo (SBU) 6-4, 7-5
6. Kareem Farah (WASHUM) def. Guido Margiotta (SBU) 6-1, 6-1

Doubles
1. Adam Putterman/Ross Putterman (WASHUM) def. Kristof Kinal/Omar El Khesen (SBU) 9-8
2. Domingos Carissimo/Daniel Cardona (SBU) def. Kevin Chu/Max Franklin (WASHUM) 8-4
3. Kareem Farah/Tyler Kratky (WASHUM) def. Guido Margiotta/Alex Belote (SBU) 8-2

Notes:
• Washington U. is 102-9 (.919) at home under head coach Roger Follmer in 12 seasons.
• Kratky remained unbeaten (7-0) for his career in singles with the straight-set win at No. 4.
• Farah moved into a tie for 12th on the all-time wins list with 108 victories.
• Parizher’s win at No. 6 singles was the 65th of his career, eighth most in school history.
• Farah’s victory at No. 3 doubles was the 61st of his career, moving past Trevis Bowman (2005-09) into ninth place all-time

Up Next:
Washington U. (1-1) plays its first two NCAA Division III matches in Greencastle, Ind., against No. 28 DePauw University on Saturday, Feb. 23 at 11 a.m. (ET), and No. 17 Case Western Reserve University on Sunday, Feb. 24, at 9 a.m. (ET).