Avery Ticer and Nic Edlefsen each lost their semifinal matches today at the 2004 Big Ten Singles Championship in Madison, Wis., to conlcude Minnesota's 2004-05 fall season. In addition, Andres Osorio succumbed to injury in his second round consolation semifinal match.

In the main draw, Ticer, the No. 3 seed, was defeated by No. 12 Mark Barry of Penn State, 6-1, 6-7 (5), 6-3 to finish the tournament with a 4-1 record. Ticer, Minnesota's lone senior and captain, is now 7-4 on the year. Edlefsen, the only unseeded competitior remaining in the main draw, lost 6-1 6-0 to No. 2 seed and eventual champion Joey Atas of Ohio State. Edlefsen, a sophomore transfer from UC Santa Barbara, finished his first fall season with the Maroon and Gold with a 12-6 record.

In the second round consolation bracket, Osorio lost the first set 6-4 to Ruben Gonzalez of Illinois before retiring with an injury in the second set. In his first action of the season, Osorio went 3-2.

Last season, former Golden Gopher Chris Wettengel captured the 2003 Big Ten Singles Championship, going 5-0 with wins over the Nos. 1 and 2 seeds. Brian Lipinski, meanwhile, won the consolation title.

Minnesota opens dual match play on Jan. 29 at Virginia.

2004 Big Ten Singles Championship
Madison, Wis.
Nov. 15, 2004
Minnesota Results

Main Draw
Semifinals - Mark Barry (PSU) (12) def. Avery Ticer (MN) (3), 6-1, 4-7 (5), 6-3
Semifinals - Joey Atas (OSU) (2) def. Nic Edlefsen (MN), 6-1, 6-0

Second Round Consolation
Semifinals - Ruben Gonzalez (ILL) def. Andres Osorio (MN) (16), 6-4, inj. ret.