Huskers Fall at Regionals

Des Moines, Iowa -- The Nebraska men's tennis team closed out its fall season at the 1999 Region V Team Championships at Drake University Oct. 19. The Huskers lost to their opening round opponent, Indiana State, 4-0. Junior Kai Rieke (Nordhorn, Germany) played NU's toughest singles match, battling ISU's Stefan Hirn for three sets. NU's new No. 2 doubles team of senior Andrew Wiese (Flushing Hills, N.Y) and Lance Mills (Omaha, Neb.) also came close to pulling out a victory, but fell to ISU's Hirn and Choi 8-6.

The Huskers begin regular-season play Jan. 21-23 at the Rice University Invitational in Houston, Texas. Nebraska plays two tournaments and a match on the road before opening its home schedule Feb. 11 when it plays host to Texas A&M in a 6 p.m. match at Woods Tennis Center.

Singles
1. Jonas Piibor (ISU) def. Lance Mills (NU) 6-2, 6-3
2. Gaerth Keating (ISU) def. Jorge Abos Sanchez (NU) 6-3, 4-6, 7-6(4)
3. Stefan Hirn (ISU) def. Kai Rieke (NU) 7-6 (4), 1-6, 6-3

Doubles 1. Piibor/Keating (ISU) def. Abos Sanchez/Adnan Hadzialic (NU) 8-3 2. Hirn/Choi (ISU) def. Andrew Wiese/Mills (NU) 8-6