BUFFALO, NY - After a first-round win at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Rolex Regional Championships at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, VA, senior Budi Susanto (Bali, Indonesia/Hilton Head Prep) and freshman Fery Kasiman (Jakarta, Indonesia/Hilton Head Prep) lost to the 10th seeded combination of sophomore Francis Huot and junior Andrew Vu from Virginia Tech University, 8-1, in the second round of competition.

Susanto and Kasiman advanced to the round of 32 by defeating senior Josh Hamilton and junior Bryan Rowland from Towson University, 8-4.

Susanto and Kasiman both dropped their first-round singles matches and later dropped their consolation matches at the ITA Championships.

Kasiman dropped his first-round match to sophomore Greg Schweitzer from Rutgers University, 6-1, 3-6, 6-4. Later in the consolation bracket, Kasiman lost to freshman Drew Dinkmeyer from Dartmouth University, 6-3, 6-1.

Susanto also dropped his first round match, losing 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (6) to sophomore Michael Furman from Connecticut. Michael Sowter from Marist defeated Susanto, 6-3, 6-3, in the consolation bracket.

Susanto, playing mostly first singles this fall for the Bulls, finished the fall season with an 8-5 singles mark While Kasiman, in just his second semester at UB, ended his fall season with a 10-4 singles mark including a fourth-place finish at the Brown Invitational. The duo ended their fall season with a 3-3 doubles record.

The UB men's tennis team next resumes competition on February 8-11, 2001, when the Bulls travel to Ithaca, NY for the Cornell Invitational.

2000 Fall Schedule/Results

Date Opponent/Tournament Site/Results

Sept. 17. MARIST W. 4-3

Sept. 22-24 @ Brown Invitational Providence, RI

Sept. 30-Oct. 1 @ St. Bonaventure (St. Bonaventure, Niagara, Youngstown St.,St.Francis) W. 4-3, W. 7-0, W. 7-0, W. 6-1

Oct. 6-8 ST. PETERS W. 7-0

Oct. 15 YOUNGSTOWN STATE W. 7-0

Nov. 1-5 ITA Rolex Championship Blacksburg, VA

Home matches are in Bold Caps and are held at the UB Tennis Center, Ellicott Complex