TULSA, Okla. -- Opening The Summit League season against UMKC, the IUPUI men's tennis team dropped a 4-1 decision to the Kangaroos at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center on Friday morning.  Jorge Yunes picked up the Jaguars' lone win at No. 5 singles.

Playing indoors, IUPUI (1-13, 0-1 Summit) and UMKC eschewed doubles play, opening with singles matches on the three designated courts on the campus of the University of Tulsa.  Yunes took broke Erwin Quintanilla in the first set and held on for a 7-5 first set win before routing Quintanilla, 6-2, for a straight set win.

Gregory Sosa took the first set of his match versus Bret Berryman, taking a tiebreak, 7-1.  However, the junior was not able to hold on in his match at No. 1, falling 7-6(1), 2-6, 4-6.  Had Sosa not lost, the teams may have been forced to compete in doubles, as Jesus Diaz led his match, 6-2, 2-3, when the Kangaroos clinched the matches.

UMKC took the win with victories in each of the top four singles matches.

The Jaguars will rest for nearly 24 hours before taking on Summit League preseason favorite Oral Roberts on Saturday at 1 p.m. CT.

IUPUI vs. UMKC | March 27, 2009
Michael D. Case Tennis Center | Tulsa, Okla.
UMKC 4, IUPUI 1

Results
Singles:
No. 1 - Bret Berryman (UMKC) def. Gregory Sosa (IUPUI) 6-7(1), 6-2, 6-4
No. 2 - Patrick Smith (UMKC) def. Daniel Klingenberg (IUPUI) 6-1, 6-0
No. 3 - Gustavo Guerin (UMKC) def. Bren Vasalakis (IUPUI) 6-3, 6-1
No. 4 - Dennis Schwarz (UMKC) def. Taylor Tunis (IUPUI) 6-3, 6-4
No. 5 - Jorge Yunes (IUPUI) def. Erwin Quintanilla (UMKC) 7-5, 6-2
No. 6 - Jesus Diaz (IUPUI) led Nick Hays (UMKC) 6-2, 2-3

Doubles:
Did not play