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Bulls Complete Play At Milwaukee Classic
Doubles team of Rocchio and Zieziula reach quarterfinals for second straight year
MILWAUKEE, WI - The University at Buffalo sent three players to the prestigious
Milwaukee Tennis Classic where they posted strong results throughout the competition which concluded on
Saturday. Sophomores Randy Rocchio (East Amherst, NY/Williamsville East), Nick Zieziula
(Hamburg, NY/St. Francis) and Josh Liederman (Queens Village, NY/Benjamin
Cardozo) saw action in the 64-player men's singles draw while Rocchio and Zieziula combined in the 32-team doubles
competition where they reached the quarterfinals for the second consecutive season.
 | | Randy Rocchio | Rocchio and Zieziula opened doubles play with an 8-4 victory over Jon Roszak of Columbia
and Erik Zipp of Bryant College. UB's top team then moved into the round of 16, defeating the
sixth-seeded squad in the competition, Ohio State's Conor Casey and Brenton Contini, by an 8-3 margin. The duo
was then defeated in the quarterfinal round by Northern Illinois' Aaron Forsberg and Erick Martinez.
 | | Nick Zieziula | In the open doubles competition, several individuals from different colleges were paired with
one another while other teams competed with their regular partners. This was the case for the Bulls
as Liederman paired with Toledo's Zach Barden as the duo dropped an 8-2 decision to Ben Davis of
Wisconsin-Green Bay and Marko Despot of Wichita State.
Zieziula also registered a singles victory in the tournament with a 6-3, 7-6 win over
Michigan's Vinny Gossain. He then moved the round of 32 where he faced the tournament's second seed
Rajeev Ram of Illinois. Ram, a freshman with the Illini, has won ATP Futures Circuit events in singles
and doubles, has been a Boys finalist at Wimbledon in 2002 and played in the main draw of the U.S.
Open Men's Doubles the past two years. Zieziula's hopes for a singles title were dashed by Ram in the
match as the UB sophomore dropped a 6-0, 6-0 decision.
 | | Josh Liederman | Also in singles play, Liederman was defeated by Davis, 6-1, 6-1 and Rocchio fell to
Toledo's Ross Wilson, 6-3, 6-2 in the first round. Both players moved to the consolation round where
Rocchio defeated Alec Smyczek of Hales Corner, WI, 7-6, 6-1. Rocchio was then eliminated in his third-round match by Western Michigan's Mike Findling, 3-6, 7-6, 6-4. Liederman was defeated in his first-round
consolation match, 6-0, 6-1, by Alex Bucewicz of Memphis.
The full squad returns to the courts February 1 and 2 at the St. Bonaventure Duals.
01/11/2003
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Location: 163 Alumni |
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E-Mail:
ub-menstennis@buffalo.edu |
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Phone: 716-645-5565 |
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Mailing Address:
University at Buffalo
Division of Athletics
Men's Tennis Office
163 Alumni Arena
Buffalo, NY 14260 |
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