Missouri-Rolla Tennis Results

Miners at MIAA Championships

April 20-22, 2000 at St. Joseph, Mo.

Final team scores: Southwest Baptist 73, Northwest Missouri State 57, Truman State 36, Washburn 23, Missouri-Rolla 12, Emporia State 6.

(UMR players listed first)

Singles

#1: Miguel Lopez def. Eric Schultz (Emporia State), 7-6 (7-5), 4-6, 6-2; lost to Umang Chadda (Southwest Baptist), 6-1, 6-2; def. Adam Wood (Washburn), 9-7; lost to Justin Menolascino (Truman State), 9-8 (7-4) in consolation finals.

#2: Mike McCoy lost to Gorka Sanchez (Northwest Missouri), 6-3, 6-2; lost to Nathan Artz (Truman State), 8-4.

#3: Steve Posch lost to Erich Podzinski (Truman State), 6-4, 6-3; def. James Vanek (Emporia State) 8-5; lost to Erich Podzinski (Truman State), 8-2 in consolation finals.

#4: Jordan Owens lost to Allan Atkins (Truman State), 6-4, 6-3; lost to Desmond Tan (Washburn), 8-1.

#5: Robbie Gordon lost to George Kidera (Truman State), 6-3, 6-2; lost to Josh McKinney (Southwest Baptist), 8-1.

#6: Ryan Lynch lost to Justin Livingston (Southwest Baptist), 6-2, 2-6, 7-5; lost to Will Heidebrecht (Washburn), 8-2.

Doubles

#1: Lopez/McCoy def. Jon Sanchez/Gorka Sanchez (Northwest Missouri), 8-4; lost to Umang Chadda/Benjamin DuPont (Southwest Baptist) 8-2 in championship finals.

#2: Posch/Owens lost to Richard Quiron/Desmond Tan (Washburn), 8-4.

#3: Gordon/Michael Droszcz lost to George Kidera/Adam Rees (Truman State), 8-6.

UMR's Miguel Lopez was awarded the MIAA Sportsmanship Award for the 2000 season. Lopez shared the award in 1999; his brother, Javier, won the award in 1998.