Greencastle, Ind. - DePauw dropped to 3-4 on the season following a 4-3 loss to Division I Xavier at the DePauw Indoor Tennis and Track Center. Xavier improved to 9-6 with the victory.

The Musketeers opened the match by taking two of the three doubles matches to earn the doubles point. DePauw came back to take a 3-2 lead with wins at one through three singles, while Xavier won at number five singles.

Xavier's Kevin Gaughan rallied from being down a set to win at number six singles over the Tigers' Kyle Burns. With the team score tied at 3-3, the match came down to number four singles in which Xavier's Ryan Potts came back to defeat Darren Eblovi in three sets. Eblovi won the first set 7-6 (7-4 in the tiebreaker), but Potts won the second set 6-4. In the third set, the two went to a tiebreaker before Potts took a 7-6 victory by winning the tiebreaker 15-13.

Xavier (Ohio) University vs DePauw University
03/12/2004 at DePauw Indoor Tennis and Track Center

Xavier (Ohio) University 4, DePauw University 3

Singles competition:
1. Marshall Kuresman (DEPAUW) def. JR Randall (XAVIER) 6-2, 6-2
2. Donald Person (DEPAUW) def. Justin Yeager (XAVIER) 6-3, 6-4
3. Evan Webeler (DEPAUW) def. Rob Simpson (XAVIER) 6-1, 6-4
4. Ryan Potts (XAVIER) def. Darren Eblovi (DEPAUW) 6-7 (4-7), 6-4, 7-6 (15-13)
5. Matt Zollman (XAVIER) def. Aaron Gress (DEPAUW) 6-0, 6-0
6. Kevin Gaughan (XAVIER) def. Kyle Burns (DEPAUW) 6-7 (5-7), 6-1, 6-3

Doubles competition:
1. Justin Yeager/Rob Simpson (XAVIER) def. Darren Eblovi/Aaron Gress (DEPAUW) 8-1
2. JR Randall/Matt Zollman (XAVIER) def. Ryan Golden/Evan Webeler (DEPAUW) 8-6
3. Donald Person/Marshall Kuresman (DEPAUW) def. Kevin Gaughan/Rustin Reys (XAVIER) 8-6

Match Notes:
Xavier (Ohio) University 9-6
DePauw University 3-4