March 9, 2000

TAMPA, Fla. --

The Wake Forest men's tennis team was defeated by the South Florida Bulls 5-2 here Thursday night.

The Bulls won two out of three doubles and four out of six singles to come out with the win. Wake won at No. 3 and No. 6 singles.

Wake Forest is now 6-5 with the loss. The Deacs will be back in action when they travel to Montgomery, Ala. for the Blue-Gray Tournament March 16-19.

MATCH RESULTS

SINGLES #1 Fabio Tintori (USF) def. Johan Hansen (WFU) 6-4, 6-4 #2 Steven Capriati (USF) def. Michael Berger (WFU) 6-3, 2-2 (forfeit) #3 Michael Murray (WFU) def. Boris Babic (USF) 1-6, 6-0, 6-1 #4 Nadim Naser (USF) def. Justin Kaufmann (WFU) 6-4, 6-4 #5 Aleks Popovic (USF) def. David Bere (WFU) 7-6, 6-2 #6 Trent Brendon (WFU) def. Abhijit Shah (USF) 6-7, 6-0, 6-1

DOUBLES #1 Munoz-Murray (WFU) def. Tintori-Capriati (USF) 9-8 #2 Gildhorn-Popovic (USF) def. Hansen-Mauro (WFU) 9-8 #3 Babic-Naser (USF) def. Kaufmann-Berger (WFU) 8-5