o FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 11, 2001 The 38th-ranked Golden Gopher men's tennis team won one of three matches this weekend at the Boise State Invitational. Minnesota dropped a pair of matches by scores of 4-3 to 13th-ranked SMU and 33rd-ranked Clemson. The Golden Gophers defeated #39 Boise State by a score of 4-3.

Against 13th-ranked SMU, the Golden Gophers won three of the six singles matches, but lost two of the three doubles matches. The Mustangs' Genius Chidzikwe and Ryan Mauck defeated Minnesota's Tyson Parry and Eric Robertson 9-7 at No. 2 doubles.

Minnesota narrowly defeated host and 39th-ranked Boise State by a score of 4-3. The Golden Gophers won four of six singles matches highlighted by Harsh Mankad's 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 victory over Guillaume Bouvier at No. 1 singles.

In the final match against #33 Clemson, the Golden Gophers and the Tigers split the six singles matches, but Clemson claimed two of the three doubles matches.

Boise State Invitational

#13 SMU 4, #38 Minnesota 3

Singles
1. Harsh Mankad, (UM) def. Genius Chidzikwe (SMU), 7-5, 6-4
2. Jon Wallmark (SMU) def. Jorge Duenas (UM), 6-3, 6-1
3. Alexis Rudzinski (SMU) def. Chris Wettengel (UM), 6-7, 6-4, 6-2
4. Jon Svensson (UM) def. Johan Brunstrom (SMU), 6-3, 6-3
5. Aleksey Zharinov (UM) def. Lukasz Senczyszyn (SMU), 7-5, 6-1
6. Ryan Mauck (SMU) def. Eric Robertson (UM), 2-6, 6-2, 6-3

Doubles
1. Mankad/Duenas (UM) def. Wallmark/Brunstrom (SMU), 9-8 (7)
2. Chidzikwe/Mauck (SMU) def. Parry/Robertson (UM), 9-7
3. Rudzinski/Senczysczyn (SMU) def. Wettengel/Svensson (UM), 8-4

#33 Minnesota 4, #39 Boise State 3

Singles
1. Harsh Mankad (UM) def. Guillaume Bouvier (BSU), 6-3, 3-6, 6-4
2. Jorge Duenas (UM) def. Marcus Berntson (BSU), 6-3, 7-6
3. Mark Roberts (BSU) def. Chris Wettengel (UM), 6-2, 6-3
4. Alexi Zharinon (UM) def. Jonny Biorkman (BSU), 6-3, 6-2
5. Jon Svensson (UM) def. Rio Kuharski (BSU), 6-4, 6-1
6. Mahmoud Rezk (BSU) def. Eric Robertson (UM), 6-3, 6-1

Doubles
1. Duenas/Mankad (UM) def. Berntson/Roberts (BSU), 8-6
2. Bouvier/Kuharski (BSU) def. Svensson/Robertson (UM), 8-5
3. Biorkman/Rezk (BSU) def. Sloss/Wettengel (UM), 8-6.

#33 Clemson 4, #38 Minnesota 3

Singles
1. Josh Goffi (CU) def. Harsh Mankad, (UM), 6-4, 6-4
2. Jorge Duenas (UM) def. Marko Gojanovic (CU), 7-5, 7-5
3. Micah Thompson (CU) def. Aleksey Zharinov (UM), 6-2, 6-4
4. Lee Taylor Walker (CU) def. Chris Wettengel (UM), 6-3, 6-2
5. Jon Svensson (UM) def. Damiisa Robinson (CU), 6-1, 6-3
6. Eric Robertson (UM) def. James Calhoun, 7-6, 6-3

Doubles
1. Mankad/Duenas (UM) def. Goffi/Gojanovic (CU), 8-4
2. Knight/Cohn (CU) def. Svensson/Robertson (UM), 8-4
3. Walker/Thompson (CU) def. Sloss/Zharinov (UM), 8-3