Feb. 4, 2006

Tallahassee, FL - The Furman Paladins finished off the weekend with a 7-0 loss to No.22 Florida State Saturday night. With the loss the Paladins moved to 1-2 on the weekend, and have a 1-4 overall record.

Florida State took control of the match early winning two of the three doubles matches. At No.1 Ytai Abouhzir and Chris Westerhof downed Ben Pauluhn and Greg Maarschalk 8-3 and in flight two Andrew Bailey paired with Maciek Sykut for an 8-6 victory over Brian Crook and Bo Ladyman. The one bright spot for the Paladins was in flight three where Scott Kahler and Will Kieffer picked up a 9-7 win over Chris Cloer and Sam Chang. Florida State went on to win all six singles matches to complete the 7-0 shut out over Furman.

The Paladins return to action on Wednesday when they take on Georgia Tech at 1:00 PM in Atlanta, GA.

Singles

1. #72 Ytai Abougzir (FSU) def. Ben Pauluhn (FU) 6-3, 6-1

2. #49 Sam Chang (FSU) def. Andy Juc (FU) 5-7, 6-2,10-5

3. Chris Westerhof (FSU) def. Greg Maarschalk (FU) 6-0, 6-3

4. #68 Maciek Sykut (FSU) def. Daniel Knause (FU) 7-5, 6-2

5. Chris Cloer (FSU) def. Bo Ladyman (FU) 7-5, 7-6 (1)

6. Andrew Bailey (FSU) def. Brian Crook (FU) 6-4, 6-4

Doubles

1. Abougzir/Westerhof (FSU) def. Maarschalk/Paluhn (FU) 8-3

2. Bailey/Sykut (FSU) def. Crook/Ladyman (FU) 8-6

3. Kahler/Kieffer (FU) def. Cloer/Chang (FSU) 9-7