March 13, 2008
Final Stats
Coral Gables, Fla... The No. 18 University of Miami men's tennis team swept doubles play and won five of six singles matches to roll past No. 54 Purdue, 6-1, on Thursday afternoon at home at the Neil Schiff Tennis Center.
It marked the fifth-straight win for the Hurricanes, as they improved to 9-2 overall - including an undefeated 6-0 at home. With their second-straight loss, the Boilermakers fell to 7-6.
"I was very pleased with our performance today," said Miami head coach Mario Rincon. "Keith [Crowley] did a tremendous job to come back and win at the number five singles. The match today will give us momentum as we go into a very difficult ACC match against FSU on Saturday."
After sweeping all three doubles matches to take the early 1-0 lead, the Hurricanes picked up straight-sets singles wins by No. 101 David Rosenfeld, Vivek Subramanian and Barnabas Carrega to claim the team victory.
Third-ranked Daniel Vallverdu won his fifth-straight match at No. 1 singles and Keith Crowley battled back for the win at the No. 5 spot to add the final two points for the Hurricanes.
The Hurricanes return to ACC competition on Saturday versus No. 17 Florida State (10-2, 1-0 ACC) at home at the Neil Schiff Tennis Center. Saturday's match has been designated "Youth Day" and will feature a free tennis demonstration after the match for kids in eighth grade and under. In addition, those same kids will have the chance to enter a drawing to win a week of tennis camp with Miami head coach Mario Rincon. Free pizza and posters will also be available. Admission is free.
No. 18 Miami 64, No. 54 Purdue 1
Singles
1. #3 Daniel Vallverdu (UM) def. Branco Kuzmanovic (PUR), 6-3, 6-4
2. #101 David Rosenfeld (UM) def. Slavko Bijelica (PUR), 6-0, 6-1
3. Vivek Subramanian (UM) def. Patrick Rose (PUR), 6-3, 6-1
4. Eric Ramos (PUR) def. Carl Sundberg (UM), 6-3, 4-6, 13-11
5. Keith Crowley (UM) def. Griff Nienberg (PUR), 2-6, 6-2, 10-7
6. Barnabas Carrega (UM) def. Paul Foley (PUR), 6-1, 6-4
Order of Finish: 2, 3, 6*, 1, 5, 4
Doubles
1. #15 Daniel Vallverdu/Carl Sundberg (UM) def. Slavko Bijelica/Branco Kuzmanovic (PUR), 8-7
2. #39 David Rosenfeld/Vivek Subramanian (UM) def. Eric Ramos/Patrick Rose (PUR), 8-4
3. Keith Crowley/J.C. Whitner (UM) def. Paul Foley/Griff Nienberg (PUR), 8-3
Order of Finish: 2, 3*, 1
