Sept. 30, 2000

LAFAYETTE, La. - Justin Kaufmann and Trent Brendon of the Wake Forest men's tennis team picked up victories in singles play Saturday at the 2000 BellSouth Mobility Collegiate Tennis Classic at the Cajun Courts in Lafayette, La. The tournament, hosted by the Universityof Louisiana at Lafayette, will conclude Sunday, Oct. 1.

Kaufmann, a junior from Mission Hills, Kan., defeated David Corrie from Texas Arlington, 6-3, 6-3 in the first round of the singles main draw, flight A on Friday. He then battled past Jakub Illowski from Louisiana Lafayette, 5-7, 6-3, 6-3 in the second round. On Saturday afternoon, Kaufmann topped Aleksey Bubis of Arkansas, 6-3, 6-1 in the third round and then beat Mikka Kangas from USM, 6-2, 6-7, 6-2, to advance to the finals. Kaufmann will face USM's Daniel Homedes at 11:00 a.m. Sunday morning for the singles flight A championship.

Brendon, a sophomore from Victorville, Calif., torched Thatcher Cribbs, from Lamar, 6-0, 6-0 in the second round of the singles main draw flight B on Friday, after receiving a bye in the first round. On Saturday afternoon, Brendon defeated Uwe Gneiting of USM, 6-1, 6-7, 6-1 and then beat Adam Piskozub from ULM, 6-4, 6-3 to advance to the finals. Brendon will face Rafael Reyes of Rice at 11:00 a.m. Sunday morning for the singles flight B championship.

In doubles play Brendon and Kaufmann rolled over Viktor Loven and Peter Szczepanski of New Orleans, 8-2 in the first round of doubles draw, flight A on Friday. The Demon Deacon duo fell to Eddie Pancheco and Aleksey Bubis from Arkansas Saturday afternoon, 8-5.