April 17, 2005

Final Stats

ABILENE, Texas - Hardin-Simmons' men's tennis team its fourth straight American Southwest Conference title and its 43rd straight ASC match as it defeated UT-Tyler 4-2 at the Streich Tennis Center on Sunday afternoon.

ASC Tournament MVP David Wu clinched the match for the Cowboys. He broke his No. 1 singles match with Adam Stone at 5-5 in the second set and went on to serve out the match. The Cowboys also received wins at No. 4 singles from Roy Lehman 6-3, 6-4, over Jordan Repshear and at No. 6 singles from Wade Morgan 6-1, 6-1 over Joseph Vann.

UT-Tyler picked up wins at No. 3 singles from Patrick Painter and No. 5 from Kevin Cook and had split sets at No. 2 singles to tighten up the match. HSU had won the doubles point with wins at No. 1 and No. 2.

The Cowboys improved to 17-5 with the win and UT-Tyler finished the year at 14-5.

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Hardin-Simmons 4, UT-Tyler 2 Singles 1. David Wu (HSU) def. Adam Stone (UTT) 6-2, 7-5 2. Brad Grace (HSU) vs. Steven Campbell (UTT) unfinished 3. Patrick Painter (UTT) def. Chris Palmatier (HSU) 6-2, 6-1 4. Roy Lehman (HSU) def. Jordan Repsher (UTT) 6-3, 6-4 5. Kevin Cook (UTT) def. Wes Kidd (HSU) 6-4, 6-4 6. Wade Morgan (HSU) def. Joe Vann (UTT) 6-1, 6-1

Doubles 1. David Wu/Brad Grace (HSU) def. Patrick Painter/Joe Vann (UTT) 8-2 2. Wade Morgan/Roy Lehman (HSU) def. Jordan Repsher/Steven Campbell (UTT) 8-4 3. Adam Stone/Kevin Cook (UTT) def. Tanner Reed/Reed Stafford (HSU) 8-4

All Tournament Team Dante Cage, Texas Lutheran Kevin Cook, UT-Tyler Brad Grace, Hardin-Simmons Roy Lehman, Hardin-Simmons Wade Morgan, Hardin-Simmons Patrick Painter, UT-Tyler Josh Schumann, Schreiner David Wu, Hardin-Simmons (MVP)