BUFFALO, NY - The Bowling Green Falcons and the Ball State Cardinals won their semifinal matches at the Mid-American Conference Men's Tennis Championship this afternoon, hosted by the University at Buffalo, to advance to tomorrow's final match.

The number-one seeded Falcons defeated the fourth-seeded Huskies, 4-2. The second-seeded Cardinals defeated the third-seeded Broncos in a close 4-3 match. Securing the victory was Ball State's Chris Varga, winning his second singles match, 7-5, 2-6, 6-2 over Ryan Maarschalk.

Tomorrow's final match is scheduled to be played at the UB Tennis Center and will begin at 1 pm. In the case of inclement weather, the match will be moved to the Village Glen Tennis and Fitness Club, beginning at 3 pm.

2002 Mid-American Conference Men's Tennis Championship

Hosted by the University at Buffalo

Semifinals

No. 1 Bowling Green 4, No. 4 Northern Illinois 2
Singles
No. 1 - Raymond van Wasbeek (NIU) defeated Geoff Hiscox (BGSU), 6-2, 6-1
No. 2 - Vitek Wild (BGSU) defeated Juan Pablo Barriga (NIU), 2-6, 7-6, 6-2
No. 3 - Nicolas Lopez-Acevedo (BGSU) defeated Erick Martinez (NIU), 6-2, 6-2
No. 4 - Milos Jirout (BGSU) defeated Aaron Forsberg (NIU), 6-2, 6-1
No. 5 - Joel Carney (BGSU) defeated Jon Perlman (NIU), 6-4, 6-2
No. 6 - Mike Kossoff (BGSU) vs. David Pickel (NIU) Did not finish
Doubles
No. 1 - Raymond van Wasbeek/Aaron Forsberg (NIU) defeated Vitek Wild/Nicolas Lopez-Acevedo (BGSU), 8-6
No. 2 - Juan Pablo Barriga/Erick Martinez (NIU) defeated Geoff Hiscox/Joel Carney (BGSU), 9-8 (5)
No. 3 - Milos Jirout/Ian Bliss (BGSU) defeated Jon Perlman/Paul Glendenning (NIU), 8-6

No. 2 Ball State 4, No. 3 Western Michigan 3
Singles
No. 1 - Ravishankar Pathanjali (WMU) defeated Jason Pressel (BSU), 6-3, 6-3
No. 2 - Chris Varga (BSU) defeated Ryan Maarschalk (WMU), 7-5, 2-6, 6-2
No. 3 - Andrew Seni (BSU) defeated Justin Kates (WMU), 6-2, 6-3
No. 4 - Kevin Burnett (BSU) defeated Erik Lindroos (WMU), 6-3, 7-6 (4)
No. 5 - Tom Dennis (WMU) defeated Matt Laramore (BSU), 6-4, 6-1
No. 6 - Brad Rhodes (BSU) defeated Mike Findling (WMU), 6-1, 6-0
Doubles
No. 1 - Ravishankar Pathanjali/Ryan Maarschalk (WMU) defeated Jason Pressel/Kevin Burnett (BSU), 9-7
No. 2 - Chris Varga/Andrew Seni (BSU) defeated Christian Brattstrom/Tom Dennis (WMU), 8-6
No. 3 - Dan Grupp/Mike Findling (WMU) defeated Brad Rhodes/Matt Laramore (BSU), 8-6